Aspect No. 3- El Plateado.

The Quimbaya, a culture of ancient Colombia that inhabited areas around the valley of the Cauca River are noted for having developed a metallurgy system to combine silver + copper with gold that wasn’t abundant in their region, this combination of silver, copper, and gold is called tumbaga. (an alloy that was widely used by Pre-Hispanic cultures of Central + South America).

Considering the equation of the Pre-Hispanic metal & incorporating it to A El Mismo & the world building of Perdida, the inhabitants or peoples of this fictional world are called Los Tumbaga.

Broken into 2 tribes, Los Plateados (the silver) & Los Cobreados (the copper), the real life components that make up the Pre-Hispanic gold alloy, it became the base for the narrative division & roles of the colors in building A El Mismo; black, rust, silver, & gold.

What we get is Black being the point of creation, where everything is born: Seyn Zare. Rust and Silver being the peoples of the world, Los Tumbaga, & the Gold pieces are the divine and spiritual.

El Plateado is manifested by the following future relics -

  • El Saco de Plata - a silver staple embellished wool coat with metal and seed bead detailing.

  • - La Camisa Negra - a black and grey staple embellished linen tank top with fringe detailing.

  • - Los Pantalones de Plata - a fully silver staples linen drop crotch trousers.

 

See below for a look into the process.

 

Within the world of Perdida, the inhabitants are know as “Los Tumbaga”, their name pulled from the alloy tumbaga, a gold/copper/silver metal alloy widely used in Pre-Hispanic works.

The break down composition of the tumbaga alloy consists of varying proportions of copper, gold, & silver. Though typically in a percentage ratio of 80:15:5.

In an effort to reflect that ratio, the Aspects within the project that represent the Tumbagas are broken into 2 sectors of inhabitants, Los Cobreados (The Silvered ones) and Los Plateados. (The Coppered ones.)

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This is one of the Tumbagas that hail from the Silver Sector of Perdida.

Los Plateados are a small but powerful community, few in numbers they live in a landscape to the south of Perdida, living within the mountains in large structures built directly into the rock bed, giving these Tumbagas direct access to the earth to harvest the silver that they so heavily rely on for their spiritual practices with Los Cobreados.