Tumbaga
Tumbaga was a term used to describe a gold alloy with a high copper content with which the South American Indians worked and was equated by Jim Allen with Plato’s ‘orichalcum’. Coincidentally, the Indonesian word for copper is ‘Tambaga’.
Tumbaga was a term used to describe a gold alloy with a high copper content with which the South American Indians worked and was equated by Jim Allen with Plato’s ‘orichalcum’. Coincidentally, the Indonesian word for copper is ‘Tambaga’.