TWO TAIRONA ORNAMENTS.200 - 1500 A.D. Comprising a gold labret, with banded conical projection and openwork perimeter, the shaft with remains of reed plug; and a tumbaga finial bell, with center depiction of a feline with head leaning on front paws, contains rattling balls - Largest: 3 1.4 in. (8.3 cm.) long, the last. Estimate $1,000-1,500
For a similar labret see, "Gold of El Dorado," Warwick Bray, 1978, plates 283, 285.
PROVENANCE: The first, acquired from FAAL.
