By chris parker, s8int.com

Pre Columbian (1 A.D, to 1,000 A.D.) Big Foot Depiction in Gold from the Museo del Oro de Bogata.

Whatever your thoughts on the various creatures, real or imagined known as “big foot” yeti or by other names, it is difficult to imagine that any other creature is being referenced here in gold.

If big foot or yeti type creatures are only mythological why do we see them described and cast in gold, beginning at least 1,000 to 2,000 years ago? Surely, one would not consider that perhaps the artist mistook a bear for a bipedal, hairy creature with extremely large extremities?

To be sure there were “monsters’ and other presumably mythological creatures who were used as adornment or in artwork but this depiction is a nearly perfect representation of modern big foot and yeti sightings, is it not?

This necklace is in the collection of the Gold Museum of Bogata, Columbia and is credited to the Agustine Culture of South America.

"“Personal Adornments San Agustín Culture
https://www.todacolombia.com/cul…/cultura-san-agustin-2.html

Saint Augustine Gold Necklace https://www.todacolombia.com/
The main adornments used by the ancient Augustinians were, among others, stone, shell, seed, bone and gold bead necklaces; bracelets made from strings of chaquira; gold nose rings, some in the form of lunulae, others circular, tubular laminated; gold earrings, some consisting of twisted wires set with horn beads or stones; solid gold jewelry or earrings, usually featuring tiny eagles or condors.

The use of gold ornaments, especially diadems and pendants or earrings, seems to have been a privilege of people belonging to a high rank, either because of their religious hierarchy, their political authority or their social status.

In any case, the discovery of this kind of adornment is only recorded in tombs that, due to their construction, location and offerings, indicate that they were destined to keep the remains of principal lords."

Additional Information
Bead necklace Lost wax casting 1 AD - 900 AD
1.2 x 0.5 x 0 cm Necklace length: 9.70 cms. San Jose De Isnos (Colombia, Huila) Alto Magdalena - San Augustín Regional Classic O32873, Museo del Oro de Bogata Columbia, Gold Museum

Sources:
https://www.todacolombia.com/culturas-precolombinas-en-colombia/cultura-san-agustin-2.html
https://pueblosoriginarios.com/sur/andina/san_agustin/orfebreria.html

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