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"description": "Bilobed pectorals are some of the most flamboyant objects created by artists in Colombia\u2019s Calima region. Chiefs apparently wore such pectorals\u2014among the largest torso adornments ever created in the ancient Americas\u2014with other gold objects, including bracelets, dramatic headdress adornments, and ear and nose ornaments like those shown on the pectoral itself. Thus, they armored themselves in gold, which likely had complex symbolism; for instance, it may have been associated with the sun and thereby with nourishing cosmic energies and positive moral behavior.",
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