Lip ornament

Tairona lip ornament. The cylindrical finial, bi-colored, surmounted with a snarling feline's head, with bipartite tongue, mouth and head decorated with braidwork perimeter and double rows of open work circles along the crest.

Material: Gold

Size: 3,8 cm   7.4 gms.

Period: Colombia  c. 1000 - 1500 A.D.

Provenance: Ex. Sothebys 1987, Belgium collection, collected in 1970's

2012TG9013        Price   €  3.500,--