Quimbaya "Plane" Amulet

Title: Quimbaya "Plane" Amulet
Rights: The British Museum, England. © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.
Creator: Unknown, Quimbaya culture
Date: ca 1-900 CE
Description: This gold amulet is made primarily out of triangular shapes, with a 'head' and two 'wings' jutting off from a round, teardrop-shaped body. A tail juts out from the back at a perpendicular angle to the others, with teardrop-shaped fins accompanying it. Swirls decorate both the 'head' and 'fins.' It is believed to represent some sort of animal, likely a fish.
Format: Lost-wax cast gold. 1 x 4 x 3.5 cm.
Publisher: The British Museum.
Contributor: Aiden Lucier
Identifier: The British Museum. 1914,0520.679.
Subject: Quimbaya; gold; amulet; pendant; fish; metallurgy; Colombia; Latin America; South America; jewelry
Source: Jpg file. The British Museum. 11/9/2025. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1289152001.