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Collections

Votive Figure (tunjo)800–1600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries
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Title
Votive Figure (tunjo)
Culture
Muisca
Place Made
Colombia, Eastern Cordillera (Muisca Period)
Date Made
800–1600 CE
Medium
Tumbaga (copper-gold alloy)
Dimensions
1 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (4.75 × 4.25 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.663c
Classification
Metal
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Burtenshaw, Julia, Héctor García Botero, Diana Magaloni, and María Alicia Uribe Villegas. The Portable Universe = El Universo en tus Manos: Thought and Splendor of Indigenous Colombia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.