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Book Title
Beyond El Dorado
Title
Beyond El Dorado
Subtitle
Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia
EAN
9780714125411
ISBN
9780714125411
Genre
History
Topic
Arts & Photography
Release Date
21/10/2013
Release Year
2013
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Length
245mm
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia
Item Height
245mm
Author
Elisenda Vila Llonch
Publisher
British Museum Press
Item Width
245mm
Subject
History
Item Weight
920g
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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In ancient Colombia, people did not use gold as currency or desire it for its economic value. Gold was revered instead for its symbolic association and transformative properties. This sacred metal was used to create some of the most visually dramatic and technically sophisticated works of art found anywhere in the Americas before European contact. Drawing on the spectacular collections of the Museum del Oro in Bogota and the British Museum, this beautiful book features over 100 masterpieces fashioned exquisitely in gold and its alloy tumbaga, including small votive figures, decorative nose rings and earrings, vessels, pectorals and masks. These are presented alongside an array of other highly valued objects - textiles, ceramic figurines, shells, colourful stone beads - which also played a significant part in daily and ritual contexts. Focusing on the artistic production of six of the many chiefdoms that populated pre-Hispanic Colombia, the author explores the fascinating truth behind the myth and ritual of El Dorado (the gilded one), the use of gold objects by spiritual leaders in their dangerous mystical 'soul journey'; the role played by gold in the public expression of identity and rank by chiefs and community spiritual leaders; and the importance of gold in accompanying the deceased on the final journey to the afterlife. Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia is published to complement a major exhibition at the British Museum from October 2013 to March 2014.

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British Museum Press
ISBN-13
9780714125411
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
Elisenda Vila Llonch
Publication Name
Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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Item Height
245mm
Item Width
245mm
Item Weight
920g

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Elisenda Vila Llonch
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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