Pre-Columbian, Southwestern Colombia, Calima, Malagana style, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. Nose ornaments were some of the earliest personal adornments created throughout the Andes during the Precolumbian era. Although crafted from a variety of materials, those comprised of precious metals like shimmering yellow gold are highly prized by collectors. This example was made from a gold sheet measuring more than 21K and modeled to create a double ring design with the smaller ring stacked upon the larger one - an elaborate multipiece construction and quite large. Size: .75" L x 1.625" W x 1.5" H (1.9 cm x 4.1 cm x 3.8 cm); 3.5" H (8.9 cm) on included custom stand. Weight: 8.4 grams

As opposed to the hilly terrain of the Yotoco peoples, the Malagana peoples resided on a level, tropical floodplain located in the Cauca Valley between the central and western ranges of the Andean cordillera - an area that today is known for its vast fields of sugar cane.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex Laurence Witten Collection, Florida, USA

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Slight denting to the surfaces as shown. Minute losses to peripheries of sheet, but these may have occurred when the piece was originally made. Otherwise very good.