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tumbaga
Sign in to savethumb|Funeral mask in Tumbaga - Lambayeque culture Musée des Amériques
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- copper-based alloy
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- Tumbaga Pectoral, Quimbaya culture.jpg
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- Tumbaga
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- Composition and properties
- Use and function
- The "Tumbaga" Wreck
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thumb|Funeral mask in Tumbaga - Lambayeque culture Musée des Amériques
thumb|A tumbaga gorget|pectoral girdle of the Quimbaya culture; 300–1600 AD Tumbaga is the name given by Spanish Conquistadors for a non-specific alloy of gold and copper, and metals composed of these elements. Pieces made of tumbaga were widely found in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica and the Philippines in North America, South America, and Southeast Asia.
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