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also visited the Dean of the Faculty of Economic and
Management Sciences, Prof Andre du Pisani, and the
Department of Political Administration.
On 3 April Mrs Campbell addressed a seminar on
Brazil, the South Atlantic and Southern Africa:
Challenges and Opportunities at the University. She
held various discussions with the Brazilian Ambassador,
and members of the Brazilian Embassy and with
the Cuban Ambassador to Namibia, H. E. Mr Sergio
Gonzales Gonza lez and the Mexican Charge d'Affaires
Mr Nicolas Escalante Barett.
COLOMBIAN GOLD EXHIBIT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
A travelling exhibit from the world-renowned Museo
del Oro (Gold Museum in Bogota , Colombia), was on
public display at the University of Pretoria from 22 to
31 August. Most of the pieces displayed were
produced by lost wax casting, and ranged over the
period from 100 BC to AD 1600. They included flasks,
a trumpet, pectorals, pendants and votive figures. The
exhibit was formally opened by Colombian Ambassador
Fred Erik Jacobsen, with an explanatory address
by Colombian anthropologist Juan Ricardo Aparicio.
Keith Campbell
Tolimo Antrhopomorphic Pectoral. Lost wax molding/
Hollow cast. 23.4 x 25.7 cm 0 ±550 AD.
Quimbaya Lime Flask (Poporo). Lost wax molding/with
nucleus. 200 AD±1000 AD. 11.4 x 8.3 cm
ISSN 0256±6060±Unisa Lat. Am. Rep. 16(2) 2000 85