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A Costa Rican Jadeite Hybrid Pendant Amulet, Late Formative to Early Classic period ca. 300 - 500 CE Byzantine Condition: The seal is intact

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Description

Condition: The seal is intact and in excellent condition

the eyes and head are carved on the five-notched shield (clypeus)

for a few centuries in the mid-first millennium CE

features a gracefully curved body decorated with granulated circles and terminating in two finely modeled horse heads

and remarkable survival underscore the symbolic power these works held for the communities that commissioned and revered them

A Costa Rican Jadeite Hybrid Pendant Amulet, Late Formative to Early Classic period ca. 300 - 500 CE Byzantine Condition: The seal is intactThis finely carved pendant depicts a composite zoomorphic figure, merging characteristics of an armadillo and a bird, rendered in the abstract, angular style of Greater Nicoya jade artistry. The compact, armored body, rounded snout, and upright posture evoke the nine banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), a nocturnal burrowing animal common in Central America. In contrast, the prominent tail, raised crest, and flared rear elements resemble avian

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