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Muisca Ritual Crown with Dangles
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Muisca Ritual Crown with Dangles

This gold crown (1000–1500) forms a circular band edged with small spikes and a ring of suspended human figures above leaf-shaped dangles. Muisca goldworkers used hammered and cast gold to create such pieces of elite regalia. Its shifting reflections in ritual movement identified the wearer as a spiritual leader, linking gold’s brilliance to sacred power and communal authority.
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