COLOMBIAN CRAFTS

POPORO QUIMBAYA

Poporo is one of the most important crafts in latin america, it was made in Colombia in precolumbian age, about 300 years before christ.

Poporo was made for Golden, with Quimbaya indians, this crafts it’s the most important symbol with this culture, because it demand effort and dedication if they want to find a perfect poporo.

Poporo have more than 700 grams, 23,5 centimeters to tall and 11,4 centimeters in deameter. Poporo was blown in two parts with a cera technique, this technique desappeared more than 600 years ago.

Poporo is the first piece in gold museum in bogota and continue to be a symbole to Colombian crafts and became in our symbole.