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23 pages with plates. Quarto (11 1/4" 7") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition.The Gold Museum has 34,000 gold pieces, each of which has its own incomparable beauty and historic value. Many of these items were used in the daily life or sacred rituals of indigenous peoples like the muisca and tayrona. Among the museum's many gold pieces, you'll find the iconic poporo quimbaya, a vessel used by indigenous cultures to store lime for their ritualistic chewing of coca leaves.Condition: Edges and spine rubbed, corners bumped. else very good.