The Gold Museum

Just down the street from the Central Square is the goldmuseum. As we approached the museum we saw a man on a rope hanging from the top of the building. He had a giant sandblaster in his hand and was reaching out to the greatest extent possible sandblasting the wall. It must have taken a huge amount of athleticism to be able to do that. We went into the gold museum and throughout our stay we could hear the sound of the sand blasting. It was an otherworldly sound.  The displays started from stone tools and rudimentary Ceramics and progressed into exquisite ceramics and some of the finest metalworking I have seen to date. They even had magnifying glasses in front of some of the pieces so that you could see them because they were so very small. There was another display of Contemporary Art right next to the gold displays. We stuck our heads in there for a couple of minutes and then headed back to the hotel for lunch.

Sandblasting

Giant sculpture of 1-inch diameter metal

A little carrying case made out of a palm frond

Gold mask and gold necklace

Mr. Big head

Nice cornrows he must have just come back from the Bahamas

Such detail on the ceramics

This is how the high priest was decked out in gold

This was maybe 1 inch tall

This figurine was an inch and a half tall

A ceramic possibly for making tea or herbal remedies

A bird or a guy with really bad hair

Toucans in a row in the necklace

Fierce guy

A row of magnifying glasses in front of the pieces so you can see what they are.

The Scorpion was one of the tiny pieces it was maybe a quarter of an inch big

At the Contemporary Art Exhibit they were thousands of butterflies.

A crazy looking chair

Street art on the way back

I am standing down by this guy's giant feet

It is a motorcycle culture here