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	Type of Object:	Portable Stone - beads
	Materials:	stone
	Measurements:	various
	Date or Period:	various
	Maker:	various
	Designated List Section:	I. I.
	Date of Import Restriction:	March 17, 2006
	Photograph	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
	Copyright:	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
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Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions
Carved and polished archaeological stone articles in Colombia are common and varied. Lithic articles come from tombs and other types of storage from all periods, ranging from the Paleo-Indian to the Colonial era. The most common stone artifacts that are looted and traded on the illicit market are flat decorative pendants, tabular necklace beads, ritual monolithic hand axes, hoes and other small hard polished stone articles, mainly from the Calima, Tairona, Guane, Muisca and Alto Magdalena regions.