Pre-Hispanic Colombian Art Exhibited in Mexico City Prensa Latina
go to original October 17, 2012

MEXICO CITY - The exhibition "Gold, the Pre-Hispanic Colombian Art Form" with more than 250 pieces will be inaugurated today in the National Museum of Culture in the Mexican capital.

The exposition, the majority made of pieces of that precious metal, as well as clay pots and objects made of volcanic stone provides an overview of these peoples from the sixth century BC, to the time of the conquest.

The exhibition includes six topics: The pre-hispanic goldsmith in Colombia, fabulous animals, animal man, abstraction and nature, the universe of forms and El Dorado.

The program for the event, which will last until next January, includes conferences, workshops, videos and guided visits, among other activities.

These works belong to the heritage of the famous Gold Museum of the South American country, in the capital of Bogota, which has the largest pre-Hispanic gold collection in the world, with more than 34,000 pieces.

For indigenous peoples, gold had more than a material value, their pieces were considered drops that fell from the Sun and were viewed as a ritual element which linked the human being with the cosmos.

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