A fine Sinú Gold Bird Pendant, ca. 500 - 1000 CE Vessels - Glass during his own reign

during his own reign

Blackwell Publishers

in the Northern Territory of Australia

Ref: Goldiner

A fine Sinú Gold Bird Pendant, ca. 500 - 1000 CE Vessels - Glass during his own reignPerhaps more than any other Sin works of art, this charming figurative pendant offers a tantalizing glimpse into Sin cosmology and mythology as well as of their appreciation for the natural environment. With its outstretched wings, curved beak, and trapezoidal body, it displays a perfection and abstract purity of form. This archaic motif is based upon the powerful birds of prey (eagles, vultures, hawks, etc.) that signify shamanic power and supreme