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Lip plugs made of tumbaga, with zoomorphic designs. Meant to be inserted in the lower lip and held in place with a "key". Colombia, Tairona culture, 1000-1600 AD

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Lip plugs made of tumbaga, with zoomorphic designs. Meant to be inserted in the lower lip and held in place with a "key". Colombia, Tairona culture, 1000-1600 AD

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Anthropomorphic pendant made of tumbaga. Colombia, Tairona culture, 900-1600 AD

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Anthropomorphic pendant made of tumbaga. Colombia, Tairona culture, 900-1600 AD

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A Tairona necklace made of red stones and gold alloy claw shaped beads, 900-1600 CE, now housed at the Museo del Oro in Bogotá, Colombia

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A Tairona necklace made of red stones and gold alloy claw shaped beads, 900-1600 CE, now housed at the Museo del Oro in Bogotá, Colombia

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Gold nose ornament. Colombia, Tairona culture, 1000-1600 AD

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Gold nose ornament. Colombia, Tairona culture, 1000-1600 AD

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Tumbaga earrings. Colombia, Zenu culture, 1000-1600 AD

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Tumbaga earrings. Colombia, Zenu culture, 1000-1600 AD

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Urn in the Form of a Seated Male Figure Colombia, Lower Magdalena, Pelaya, 1000–1500. LACMA.

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Urn in the Form of a Seated Male Figure Colombia, Lower Magdalena, Pelaya, 1000–1500. LACMA.

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Details of a Paracas mantle from Peru. The Paracas textiles, made from wool and cotton and dyed with natural dyes, were used to wrap the bodies of the dead of the Paracas culture in 200–300 BCE

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Details of a Paracas mantle from Peru. The Paracas textiles, made from wool and cotton and dyed with natural dyes, were used to wrap the bodies of the dead of the Paracas culture in 200–300 BCE

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Tumbaga pendant depicting a human and animals. Colombia, 900-1600 AD

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Tumbaga pendant depicting a human and animals. Colombia, 900-1600 AD

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The skull of a shaman with cut wolf jaw replacing upper incisor teeth, found at the Ayres Mound in Kentucky. His upper front teeth had been removed during his lifetime so he could hold the wolf jaw in his own mouth as part of an animal mask. Adena culture

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The skull of a shaman with cut wolf jaw replacing upper incisor teeth, found at the Ayres Mound in Kentucky. His upper front teeth had been removed during his lifetime so he could hold the wolf jaw in his own mouth as part of an animal mask. Adena culture

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Turban band with double-headed bird designs. Peru, Paracas culture, 300-100 BC

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Turban band with double-headed bird designs. Peru, Paracas culture, 300-100 BC

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A cohoba Inhaler made from a manatee rib in the shape of an anthropomorphic figure with its legs held up by its hands. It was used by theTaíno to inhale hallucinogens during the cohoba ceremony. 12th-15th century CE, Fundacion Garcia Arevalo, Dominican Republic

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A cohoba Inhaler made from a manatee rib in the shape of an anthropomorphic figure with its legs held up by its hands. It was used by theTaíno to inhale hallucinogens during the cohoba ceremony. 12th-15th century CE, Fundacion Garcia Arevalo, Dominican Republic

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Arabian Pendant with Animal Design Found in a Collective Tomb in Dhayah, Strait of Hormuz. Made of a gold and silver alloy - National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah

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Arabian Pendant with Animal Design Found in a Collective Tomb in Dhayah, Strait of Hormuz. Made of a gold and silver alloy - National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah

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Six obsidian labrets, meant to inserted in the lower lip. Mexico, Mixtec-Aztec civilization, 900-1500 AD

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Six obsidian labrets, meant to inserted in the lower lip. Mexico, Mixtec-Aztec civilization, 900-1500 AD

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Jade cicadas, meant to be placed on the tongues of the dead to signify rebirth. China, Han dynasty, 202 BC–220 AD

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Jade cicadas, meant to be placed on the tongues of the dead to signify rebirth. China, Han dynasty, 202 BC–220 AD

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Gold Tairona pendant, part of a group called the caciques because of their flamboyant, awe-inspiring appearance. They range from 1-6 inches in height. c.900-1600CE, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in north Colombia

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Gold Tairona pendant, part of a group called the caciques because of their flamboyant, awe-inspiring appearance. They range from 1-6 inches in height. c.900-1600CE, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in north Colombia

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