Tumbaga

Tumbaga is the name for a non-specific alloy of gold and copper given by Spanish Conquistadors to metals composed of these elements found in widespread use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica in North America and South America.

Not to be confused with Tombac.

The term is a borrowing from Tagalog tumbaga which in turn came from Malay tembaga, meaning 'copper' or 'brass'. It has also been spelled tumbago in literature.

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