One of the pre-Columbian world’s most sophisticated handicrafts in gold was developed along the coasts and mountains of Central America’s far south. Using the “lost wax” technique, the metalworkers made small, detailed gold objects. The technique involved molding a figure in wax, covering it with clay and baking it, so that the clay hardens and the wax melts, leaving a mold inside that can be filled with smelted gold.
Adorno zoomorfo: Lagarto bicéfalo
Materials: Metal
Tardío 700 -1530 dC
Measures: 68 mm de alto x 59 mm de ancho
Part Code: MCHAP 1608
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Pendiente ornitomorfo: ave bicéfala
Materials: Metal
Tardío V-VI . 700- 1530 d.C.
Measures: 46 mm de alto x 55 mm de ancho
Part Code: MCHAP 1606
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Materials: Metal
Tardío V-VI . 700 - 1530 dC
Measures: 57 mm de alto x 50 mm de ancho
Part Code: MCHAP 1607
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Materials: Metal
Tardío. V-VI. 700- 1530 d.C.
Measures:
Part Code: PE-12
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Pendiente zoomorfo: pez-felino
Materials: Metal
Tardío. V-VI 700- 1530 d.C.
Measures:
Part Code: PE-13
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Materials: Metal
Preclásico Tardío 600- 1470 d.C.
Measures: 150mm de alto x 145mm de ancho
Part Code: MCHAP 2216
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