A catalogue raisonée of the natural history, ethnological specimens, and curiosities collected by Lady Brassey, during the voyages of the "Sunbeam", 1876-1883, exhibited at Sir Thomas Brassey's rooms, School of Fine Art, Claremont, Hastings / by Bryce Wright.

  • Wright, Bryce.
Date:
1885
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Credit: A catalogue raisonée of the natural history, ethnological specimens, and curiosities collected by Lady Brassey, during the voyages of the "Sunbeam", 1876-1883, exhibited at Sir Thomas Brassey's rooms, School of Fine Art, Claremont, Hastings / by Bryce Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    98. This ornament was worn only l>y a few of the most powerful priests, and was really a badge of office. It is ornamented in the centre by ten spirals attached to four twists of gold wire, and is of copper-coloured gold. It is pierced through. (Fig. 74.) Ornament. Most probably an earring. Weight, 2 dwts. 11 grains. District of Riosucio, State of Gauca. An ornament consisting of four small balls of solid gold hanging by wires, the top ornamented with circles of gold. (Fig. 76.) Fig. 76. Mg. 77. 99. Small Rings, of gold. District of Tarumtal, Antioquia. These are made out of a flat piece of gold termed by goldsmiths “ plate,” rolled over and then soldered. (Fig. 77.) Fig. 78. 100, 101. Rings of gold strung upon a gold wire (the latter modern). Weight, No. 78, 1 dwt. 17 grains; No. 79, 1 dwt. 8 grains. District of Tarumtal, Antioquia.