El tesoro de los Quimbayas, un siglo después

Abstract

En la región del Quindío, en 1890,cerca del pueblo de Filandia, losguaqueros sacaron un ajuar funerarioen oro y cerámica, sepultado entre lossiglos II a.c. y X d.c. correspondienteal estilo "quimbaya clásico". Por suriqueza, rareza, cantidad y diversidadde objetos rituales o de sus suntuososatuendos, - exquisitas obras de artede las más refinada orfebrería -las 123 piezas de esta ofrenda, constituídascomo símbolos religiosos oemblemas jerárquicos precolombinos,son "El Tesoro de los Quimbayas".Un siglo después de su descubrimiento,de haberse expuesto en 1892, duranteel IV Centenario de América,en Madrid, y de su donación a laCorona Española, nos proponemoshacer algunos planteamientos sobreestos hechos desde la problemática deidentidad y patrimonio cultural.

In the Quindío region, tn 1890, close to the village of Filandia, diggers extracted a funeral trousseau consisting of gold and ceramic objects,buried between the second century b.c. and the tenth century a.c., andcorresponding to the "classical Quimbaya" style. Because of the singularity,the value, the quantity and quality of the ritual objects or the sumptuousattire, - exquisite works of art that reflect the most refined gold workmanship-the 123 pieces of this offering, constituted as religious symbols or as hierarchical precolumbian emblems are what is known as "the Quimbaya treasure". A century after its discovery following its exhibition in 1892 during the fourth American centennial in Madrid and after its donation to the Spanish crown, thisarticle raises a few questions about the phenomenon in the light of the ongoing discussions about identity and cultural heritage.