Bat-Man Pectoral Figure coca leaves The circle: representing the giving

The circle: representing the giving sun

Among the Colombian Zenú tradition

associated with transformation and metamorphosis  among many of the indigenous societies of Colombia

probably held during Pre-Columbian rituals

These symbolically  rich gold earrings are reproductions of ceremonial mask faces from the Quimbaya tradition 900BC-1600AC

Bat-Man Pectoral Figure coca leaves The circle: representing the givingDuring the Tayrona period in Colombia (900 1600 AD), images depict shamans capable of demonstrating their power through their ability to transform themselves into different beings and taking on the qualities of those beings: boldness, strength, sharp eyesight, or the ability to fly. Transformation had to be a process under the effect of psychotropic substances, exhausting ritual dances, fasting and other privations typical of the shaman trade. His