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Sinú Ceremonial Gold Attire
Female Chieftain with OrnamentsGeometric Pectoral OrnamentMalagana Gold Ritual OrnamentMuisca Tumbaga Pectoral with Figures and BirdsZenú Pendant with HeaddressSinú Ceremonial Gold AttireMuisca TunjosQuimbaya Gold Funerary MasksZenú Double-Spiral PectoralTairona Winged Pendant FigureQuimbaya Gold Pectoral with Shamanic FigureMuisca El Dorado Ritual Raft

Sinú Ceremonial Gold Attire

This display reconstructs the ceremonial attire of a Sinú elite (500–1500), featuring a pectoral, nose ring, lip plug, bracelets, and genital cover, all cast in tumbaga. Beyond ornamentation, these objects marked social rank, spiritual power, and sacred transformation. The emphasis on bodily adornment in Sinú culture reflected a cosmology where gold linked humans to divine forces and ancestral realms.
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