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thumb|Funeral mask in Tumbaga - Lambayeque culture Musée des Amériques

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thumb|Funeral mask in Tumbaga - Lambayeque culture Musée des Amériques

thumb|A tumbaga gorget|pectoral girdle of the Quimbaya culture; 300–1600 AD Tumbaga is the name given by Spanish Conquistadors for a non-specific alloy of gold and copper, and metals composed of these elements. Pieces made of tumbaga were widely found in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica and the Philippines in North America, South America, and Southeast Asia.

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