Mask - Colombia, Ilama - 1st Century a.C.
Gold - Height: 19.7 cm
Life-sized, hammered gold mask. These were most likely burial items. It was hammered from a single sheet of high carat gold. This one’s alloy is 86% gold, 13% silver and 1% copper.
(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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