Gold votive offering or tunjo

Made:
Unattributed place
Gold votive offering or tunjo, in form of a figure SMG00167636

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Gold votive offering or tunjo, in form of a figure
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

SMG00167636
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Gold votive offering or tunjo, in form of a figure, with arms bent at the elbow, with remains of a spear in 1 hand, Muisca, Colombia

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A67276
Materials:
gold
type:
votive offering
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)