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All faces represented in Quimbaya metalwork are essentially similar. They have, as in the pendants shown here, certain characteristic stylistic features: rounded face, prominent nose, large, half-closed eyes, and straight lips.  
 
    
 
Necklace bead
Tumbaga
0 - A.D. 600
2 x 1,7 cm
   
 
    
 

 

 
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