The country´s abundance of precious metals and stones, made the development of multiple and complex work styles easy. Not only did these pieces of jewelry become part of adoration and offering rituals to the native gods, but they were also a way of recognizing ranks since it was believed that those who carried them were illuminated.
Nowadays, gold and pewter (alloy of copper and tin) replicas are made based on these archeological objects both as pieces of jewelry and as decoration.
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