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cwdotpng.bsky.social
meet the masquereidel!

it's a mob made of tumbaga and stone bricks, found mostly in jungle temples.

It attempts to mimic the behavior of other mobs in order to attack the player. It spins its mask to show the player the face of the mob it’s imitating.

#minecraft #pixelart
a minecraft model of a golem-like mob made of stone bricks and tumbaga.
September 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
professor-dave.bsky.social
One of the most fascinating stories, completely new to me, was that of gold-plating. In particular, I enjoyed learning about the remarkable chemistry performed by the Inca in South America to create golden objects from 'tumbaga' using selective redox chemistry. #DecolonisingChemistry
South American object produced by the tumbaga method of depletion gilding
September 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
11tulips.bsky.social
Never had heard of “Tumbaga“!
“Tumbaga is the name given by Spanish Conquistadors for a non-specific alloy of gold and copper…
The term is a borrowing from the Tagalog “tumbaga”...
Tumbaga was widely used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central and South America to make religious objects“
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
vaporlight.bsky.social
every friend group has that one guy who claims not to know the place in the lonely plains in uttermost amazonia where the fabled lost city of Z lies buried, and yet always shows up to the function with his mediocre fit still sweet with the sacred odor of a tumbaga pectoral
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
meritadocta.bsky.social
Votive figure (Tunjo) in form of a man sitting on a stool, Colombia,

Eastern Cordillera, 800-1600 CE (Muisca tradition),

Tumbaga (gold-copper alloy).

Museum of fine arts, Houston, gift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
January 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
lifeinwisconsin.bsky.social
Oh, I took your all-caps as sarcasm!

Yeah, no, I just wiki-ed "tumbaga" and the definition seems believable?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbaga
Tumbaga - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
buckwheatmat.bsky.social
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbaga
Tumbaga - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Gold Spider Nose Ornament
gold
c. 100 BCE to 200 CE
Salinar culture
Colombia

#handmade #gold #nose #ornament #nariguera #spiders #ancientart #art #ancientjewelry #goldjewelry #jewelrydesign #ancientjewelrydesign #precolumbiangold #precolumbian #salinarculture #colombia #ancientgold #tumbaga #alloy
Modifications to the body have long been a human tradition across cultures worldwide, including the Pre-Columbian Americas. One of the materials they used to make adornments for the nose, ears and other areas of the body was gold. For the cultures of the Isthmo-Colombian area — which included eastern Honduras, Caribbean Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and northern Colombia — gold was often symbolic of the sun. The material itself was found throughout modern-day Colombia, richer in some regions more than others, and had numerous uses and symbolism throughout the various indigenous groups over time. The promise of gold and its riches, not land, drew the attention of the Spanish Conquistadors and other Europeans in the 16th century. As Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) once replied to an official who offered land for settlement in Hispaniola, “But I came to get gold not to till the land like a peasant.” Yet they were dismayed and angry to find that once they melted down the plundered gold, it wasn’t pure. That’s due to the fact that many golden objects were created from a manmade gold alloy (gold layered on top of copper and/or silver) referred to as tumbaga. It made the material more malleable during production and more resistant to corrosion. The deception had not been intentional. It was a clash of cultures, as for many indigenous groups the gold held no value until it was molded into either something useful or aesthetically pleasing.
August 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM
rliblog.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Disco del Gran Coclé (250-850 d.C.) de tumbaga, una aleación de oro y cobre, que habría sido usado de pectoral. 🏛️Dumbarton Oaks #precolombino #precolumbian
Disco dorado con una criatura de cabeza triangular flanqueada por dos hipocampos.
June 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
bsgb.bsky.social
Necklace with claw shaped beads created by the Zenú of Colombia, circa 200BCE-1000CE

The necklace was excavated from Lake Guatavita, near modern Bogotá, and is now at the Museo del Oro, Banco de la República, Colombia

#BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #Tumbaga #Zenu #Colombia
Necklace with claw shaped beads created by the Zenú of Colombia, circa 200BCE-1000CE The beads are tumbaga, an alloy of gold and copper. The necklace was excavated from Lake Guatavita, near modern Bogotá, and is now at the Museo del Oro, Banco de la República, Colombia #BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #Tumbaga #Zenu #Colombia
January 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
professor-dave.bsky.social
Tumbaga is a relatively common alloy of copper, silver & gold, typically containing low amounts of gold. To create 'gold' objects, the Inca cast the alloy into the desired shape then burned it. This oxidised the copper & silver, but the redox potential of the gold means it remains in metallic form.
September 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
animal-aspects.bsky.social
For #WorldTapirDay :
#Tapir Pendant
Diquis, Costa Rica, c. 700-1400 CE
Gold, Length 2 in.
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1167144...
#IndigenousArt #CentralAmericanArt
official auction photo 1, quarter turn side profile turned towards left on gradient grey background “A Diquis Gold Tapir Pendant Costa Rica, c. 700-1400 AD A charming pendant in gold alloy (tumbaga). The tapir on four feet with head turned slightly to its right, the mouth open showing teeth. Suspension loop under neck. In excellent condition, slight soiling in the recessed areas. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, CA Enrique Vargas Alfaro, 1960s. Mr. Alfaro was the source of highest quality Pre-Columbian art sold to prestigious collections such as Andre Emmerich, Morton D. May, Frederick and Jan Mayer, and William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau. Artworks listing him as provenance appear in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, The Denver Art Museum, and the Michael C. Carlos Museum. Enrique was the grandson of Anastasio Alfaro (1865-1951), archaeologist, geologist, ethnographer, explorer and writer -- an important personality in the cultural development of Costa Rica. He was a member of the board at the National Museum of Costa Rica and author of Antigüedades en Costa Rica (1892).” official auction photo 1, full side profile facing left on gradient grey background
April 27, 2026 at 1:54 PM
professor-dave.bsky.social
Placing the oxidised object in a pickling bath of acidic plant juices causes the copper and silver oxides to dissolve, leaving a golden surface, that could be polished up, to make the object appear as if it was pure gold. This allowed relatively low-cost production of decorative 'gold' objects.
Imaging showing gold-enriched surface of a tumbaga object
September 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
zaswadosaze.bsky.social
balamkame

— Día 10 Kimi (Muerte), Trecena Kab'an (Terremoto)

Kimi reminds us that only those who dare to descend can be reborn stronger.

📷 Earring made from tumbaga. Cocle, period III, 400-900 CE. Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington DC
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
loudpenitent.bsky.social
Good lord, this man is bad at sex. I have absolutely no idea how Zoraal Ja got laid. Can a lizardman be an incel? Total manosphere type.
Zoraal Ja, a blue, muscular Mamool Ja wearing tumbaga or gold partial harness and a brightly colored feathered helm.
November 10, 2024 at 10:05 AM
carceralabolition.bsky.social
Tumbaga disc depicting a figure with a triangular head. Panama, Coclé culture, 250-850 AD
www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPo...
May 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
jlroberson.bsky.social
Part of the same run of big fantasy miniseries that of all people, Hallmark produced for a while in the late 90s.
Which has the distinction of being the first adaptation to include how he puts out the fire in the Lilliputian palace ;) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtR...
Gulliver's Travels 1996 720p DVDRIP MP4 x264 AVC
YouTube video by Christian Tumbaga
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
chapps.bsky.social
It’s cast from tumbaga, a gold-copper alloy, which is why it has a somewhat pale pinkish cast in person.
June 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
lifeinwisconsin.bsky.social
In a nice reminder about how much earlier this world was Global than we realize, apparently "tumbaga" was a word the Spanish borrowed from Tagalog/Malay.
August 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
sirosenbaum.bsky.social
But gold and copper were available in rivers and along the Great Lakes shore in lumps, and Mesoamericans liked them best as an alloy called tumbaga which apparently not only had a nice ruddy color but *smelled good*
August 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
fangs.bsky.social
New handmade Tumbaga earrings by Hanna.

We have a pair with us, they are for sale at 280 usd or ETH equivalent.
July 2, 2023 at 3:46 PM
changed-later.bsky.social
He haunts the back of our mind every time we see it
Screenshot of a discord message from us, containing a screenshot of a Tumbaga ingot from the minecraft modpack "Gregtech: New Horizons", followed by a cropped screenshot of the Final Fantasy 7 scene where Zach Fair says, "Me? Gongaga"
August 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
lizzarigdra.bsky.social
"Rest" she whispered ", i'm not asking for it."
"You sound like Siduri."
"She's worring 'bout you."
"I don't need it."
"And when you'll need it? When you can't stand in your feet?" he don't answer. "When you don't have any potion in that magic gate of yours?"

Real dialogue in Tumbaga AU.
January 27, 2026 at 12:43 AM
lizzarigdra.bsky.social
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October 19, 2024 at 1:52 AM