Muisca style, Colombia, circa 800 - 1500 A. D., repousse sheet gold fragments, one of a bird's body, (4) with birds' heads and one fashioned as a human mask.

.75 - 1 in.

Sotheby's Antiquities Sale, Lot 157, June 5, 1961. An invoice and copy of the catalogue page will be included.

The human mask plaquette is affixed with a modern earring clip without damaging the artifact.

$200 - 400