Description
[Archaeology]. Colombia. Chimera frog with feline head and snake-head tail with bifid tongue, ritual ornament. Tumbaga alloy. L. 9cm. Approx. 79.7g. Presumed copper-gold alloy. Composition undetermined. Amphibian, mammal and reptile merge in the perpetual animal metamorphoses of Kogi mythology. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Kogi / Tayrona tradition.
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[Archaeology]. Colombia. Chimera frog with feline head and snake-head tail with bifid tongue, ritual ornament. Tumbaga alloy. L. 9cm. Approx. 79.7g. Presumed copper-gold alloy. Composition undetermined. Amphibian, mammal and reptile merge in the perpetual animal metamorphoses of Kogi mythology. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Kogi / Tayrona tradition.