Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia autumn show at the British Museum. Seated female poporo, Quimbaya,

Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia autumn show at the British Museum. Seated female poporo, Quimbaya, Stock Photo

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Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia autumn show at the British Museum. Gold [alloy] was used to fashion some of the most visually dramatic and technically sophisticated works of art found anywhere in the Americas before European contact. This exhibition will feature up to 250 spectacular masterworks borrowed from the renowned Gold Museum in Bogota, Colombia, as well as objects drawn from the British Museum’s own collection. The exhibition will examine the ritual that lies behind the myth of El Dorado and its later reinterpretations including the legendary 'Lost City of Gold' that fascinated European explorers for over two centuries. Featured is Seated female poporo, Quimbaya, gold alloy, AD600-1100. Quimbaya goldsmiths used the lost-wax technique with double-moulds to produce spectacular hollow objects, such as this.

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