Were these thin metal objects typically made to be jewelry? What was their purpose?

Name: By hammer and fire: Goldmaking techniques of the ancient Colombians
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Description: By hammer and fire (a martillo y fuego), Goldmaking techniques of the ancient Colombians © Trustees of the British Museum

Actually, the 'thin metal object' you were talking about were used as currency.

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Art of the Americas to World War I

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Lesson 15: Ancient Colombian chiefdoms

By hammer and fire: Goldmaking techniques of the ancient Colombians

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Jeff Kelman
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Were these thin metal objects typically made to be jewelry? What was their purpose?
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- Torrie Evans
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  Actually, the 'thin metal object' you were talking about were used as currency.
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Was this process discovered by foreign trade or built upon through the generations?
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The Q
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Can anyone theorize (or know) why the very last object shown, the rightmost in the line, strongly resembles Celtic goldwork?
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- Миленa
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  It's probably a coincidence - the cultures were worlds apart. Another coincidence is that both the Egyptian and Mesoamerican cultures built pyramids, without any knowledge of one another.
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