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Decorated with double spirals arranged inside square shapes, this trumpet was initially carved from two bones, probably human, and then covered in two sections with thin gold sheet, on which the figures were embossed.  
 
   
 
Trumpet
Gold
200 b.C. - A.D. 200
Palmira, Valle del Cauca
40 x 5,6 cm
   
 

    

 

 
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