Friday, October 4, 2013

El Museo de Oro: Museum of Gold! Bogota, Colombia

The Museum of Gold is THE COOLEST museum ever!!!! I will let the photos speak for themselves (with my best artistic interpretation):

 Small golden boats

 Golden flute-ish instrument

 The coolest mask I have ever seen!!!!! (ever)

 Long golden sticks with small guys on them

 Pottery

 Snakes and dragons

Poporo Quimbaya! A ceremonial device for chewing coca leaves during religious ceremonies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poporo

 Famous Colombian emeralds

 Golden shield

Other golden shield

 This reminds me of the New Mexico flag?

 Warrior guys

 (Up close and personal)

Oooh, love this bracelet!

 Mystical birds

 Platypuses or platypi?

 More dragons

Just some regular guys

 Happy Halloween

 Nose ring

 Pot

 Jewels
 
 More jewels

 Flying!

The Guatavita Chief Boat!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado

 Booty

And a random sculpture of a man's body sticking out of a wall at a university...