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Tairona

Alligator god impersonator

Tairona, 500-1499

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Tairona

Alligator god impersonator

Tairona, 500-1499

Physical Qualities Bone, 3 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (9 × 5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation, Upper Nyack, New York
Object Number 2006.113
Seated figure on dujo throne holds severed human head.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; purchased by donor at Arte Primitivo NY 3/14/06. Ex-California collection.

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Tairona

2000–2000

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