Beautiful emeralds!  Colombia is famous for some of the finest emerals in the world.

A dancing couple.  Interestingly, Botero is considered to be the most recognized living artist from South America.
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Who could resist this beauty?!?  This is one of the 123 pieces of Botero's own works that he donated to establish the Museo de Botero.

Fernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian artist and sculptor. Born in 1932, his artistic style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume.  Obviously, this is a typical painting. 

A collection of gold pieces and emeralds.  NOTE, if you want to see more detail, click on the image (it will take a few seconds to compile).  To return to this page, click on the Blue/White arrow in the upper left corner of the screen.

These pieces of gold are body adornments (if you look closely, you'll see it's for a male body).

A gold face mask.

These items are sea shells which were dipped into liquid gold.

This container was found in the early 19th century.   It was used to store lime. It is the form of a goard made in gold and it dates from 500BC to 700AD.  This piece prompted Banco de la Republica to begin its Gold Museum in 1939.

One of the many fine pieces of gold jeweley displayed in the Museo.