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100 1 $aLlonch, Elisenda Vila,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBeyond El Dorado :$bpower and gold in ancient Colombia : an exhibition organized with the Museo del Oro, Colombia /$cElisenda Vila Llonch.
246 30 $aPower and gold in ancient Colombia
264 1 $aLondon :$bBritish Museum,$c2013.
300 $a191 pages :$bcolor illustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
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500 $aPublished on the occasion of the exhibition "Beyond El Dorado : Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia", held at the British Museum, 17 October 2013 - 23 March 2014.
500 $a"For the people of Colombia, the value of gold lay in the symbolic and transformative properties associated with its colour, aura and malleability. It was used to fashion some of the most visually dramatic and technically sophisticated works of art found anywhere in the Americas before European contact. Drawing on the spectacular collections of the Museo del Oro in Bogota and the British Museum, this beautiful book features over 150 masterpieces fashioned exquisitely in gold, including tiny votive figures, decorative nose rings, vessels, pectorals and masks. Through these diverse objects, the author explores the myth and ritual of El Dorado (the golden man) and the legend of the lost city of gold that fascinated European explorers for over two centuries; the use of gold objects by spiritual leaders for healing, divination and guidance in the dangerous mystical ‘soul journey’; the importance of gold in marking the threshold between the living and the dead; and the legacy of pre-Hispanic traditions in the northern Andes today."--British Museum website.
500 $a"For centuries Europeans were dazzled by the legend of a lost city of gold in South America. The truth behind this myth is even more fascinating. El Dorado – literally “the golden one” – actually refers to the ritual that took place at Lake Guatavita, near modern Bogotá. The newly elected leader, covered in powdered gold, dived into the lake and emerged as the new chief of the Muisca people who lived in the central highlands of present-day Colombia's Eastern Range."--British Museum website.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 184-185) and index.
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610 20 $aMuseo del Oro (Banco de la República)$vExhibitions.
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650 7 $aSammlung.$2gnd
650 7 $aGoldschmiedekunst.$2gnd
650 7 $aIndianer.$2gnd
650 7 $aPräkolumbische Zeit.$2gnd
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