The object at the top reminded me of a thresher shark with its long pectoral and tail fins, but it is unlike any known thresher shark in its very long dorsal fins also. This could represent a new Cryptid shark that lives in the Caribbean, but it is possible that it might live in the Pacific and tales travelled over the mountains.
This other gold statuette has a human face and an undefinable sort of a body. It just so happens that a tradition exists that the first ancestors of some Colombian peoples were a pair of Sea Serpents that emerged from Lake Maricaibo (Which is a large saltwater bay.) The tradition possibly means nothing more than the Ancestors arrived in a pair of boats with Seaserpent figureheads. In this case, the piece is interesting because the middle (actual body part) strongly resembles a Plesiosaur, and there are reports of Longnecked Plesiosaur-shaped Sea-serpents in the region that are also said to have fanned tailfins (the Hope On sighting is one example) So possibly this little gold whatsit represents a wereplesiosaur, and the first direct representation of such a thing that I have ever encountered (Although you do get stories where Merfolk can transform into Sea-serpents also)
Best Wishes, Dale D.
