Gunner said:Just acquired these little guys today. One is what I believe to be a "lizard god"...another is an effigy of a Parrot, and the third is censored due to a phallus .
These date from 900-1500 A.D.
Gunner
drtim said:Gunner said:Just acquired these little guys today. One is what I believe to be a "lizard god"...another is an effigy of a Parrot, and the third is censored due to a phallus .
These date from 900-1500 A.D.
Gunner
First, these pieces are NOT Tumbaga. Tumbaga is an alloy of copper and gold, Tumbaga is visually obvious. These appear to be pure cast gold of decent quality. Second, they appear to be of modern origin - while nicely crafted, very unlikely to be authentic - however, if you would care to site the provenience of your pieces, please do so. Otherwise, I would have to consider your statements about these pieces as erroneous. For more information about Tumbaga and numerous authentic gold artifacts examples, I suggest visiting http://www.PrecolumbianGold.com
Dr. Tim McGuinness
If you go to that website, then click Tairona gold, then go to the second to last row of photos they look like they are meant to be the same thing, or aleast to me they do.drtim said:Gunner said:Just acquired these little guys today. One is what I believe to be a "lizard god"...another is an effigy of a Parrot, and the third is censored due to a phallus .
These date from 900-1500 A.D.
Gunner
First, these pieces are NOT Tumbaga. Tumbaga is an alloy of copper and gold, Tumbaga is visually obvious. These appear to be pure cast gold of decent quality. Second, they appear to be of modern origin - while nicely crafted, very unlikely to be authentic - however, if you would care to site the provenience of your pieces, please do so. Otherwise, I would have to consider your statements about these pieces as erroneous. For more information about Tumbaga and numerous authentic gold artifacts examples, I suggest visiting http://www.PrecolumbianGold.com
Dr. Tim McGuinness
ya..I saw that. I believe these are authentic...I have handled several ancient items and these don't give me that "bad" feeling when I have them in-hand. If they are modern..the forger is a true master.rcuya said:If you go to that website, then click Tairona gold, then go to the second to last row of photos they look like they are meant to be the same thing, or aleast to me they do.drtim said:Gunner said:Just acquired these little guys today. One is what I believe to be a "lizard god"...another is an effigy of a Parrot, and the third is censored due to a phallus .
These date from 900-1500 A.D.
Gunner
First, these pieces are NOT Tumbaga. Tumbaga is an alloy of copper and gold, Tumbaga is visually obvious. These appear to be pure cast gold of decent quality. Second, they appear to be of modern origin - while nicely crafted, very unlikely to be authentic - however, if you would care to site the provenience of your pieces, please do so. Otherwise, I would have to consider your statements about these pieces as erroneous. For more information about Tumbaga and numerous authentic gold artifacts examples, I suggest visiting http://www.PrecolumbianGold.com
Dr. Tim McGuinness