24k Gold Plated Pre-Colombian Tolima Basket Earrings 19

Description

Nice Pre-Colombian 24k Gold Plated earring set.
These earrings represents a tolima basket..  The baskets were created near the caribbean sea..  The original is in the museum of gold.
It was placed in places of high status.   They are hook.
Certain gold jewelry could only be worn by people of high social status (priests, nobilities, warriors, etc.).  Many would wear certain jewelry to represent a certain animal, they claimed they could shift change to, in order to obtain the animal's power.
These pair of earrings would represent an individual who had achieved very high social status.
Type: Earrings
Pendant: Basket
Size: 25x20 mm
Weight: 4.15  grams