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Costa Rican Jade Pendant - Avian w/ Bird Headdress

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Costa Rican Jade Pendant - Avian w/ Bird Headdress

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 250 to 800 CE. Finely carved and string cut from jadeite of rich verdant hues, an axe god celt presenting an avian visage with another bird atop his head - perhaps representing a ruler-shaman undergoing transformation. In the Pre-Columbian world, birds were thought to be sky animals that mediated between humankind and deities of the celestial world. In addition to this symbolic imagery, the attention to detail is impressive. The visage is comprised of partially drilled round eyes and a prominent crested beak. His arms/wings are delineated below and to the sides of the body. The bird atop his head is meticulously rendered with a long beaked visage, crest feathers, and wings. A superb example of ancient Costa Rican jadework, biconically drilled behind the neck. Size: 4.95" H (12.6 cm)

The value of jade in the Pre-Columbian world lay in its symbolic power; scholars believe its color was associated with water and vegetation. Costa Rica, along with Mesoamerica, is one of the two regions where jade was extensively carved in the Pre-Columbian world. The earliest example of worked jade, a pendant excavated from a burial site on the Nicoya Peninsula, dated to the mid-first millennium BCE. It appears that jade continued to be carved into personal ornaments, usually depicting anthropomorphic deities or animals such as birds, monkeys, or frogs, until approximately 700 CE when gold became the favored material to fashion such ornaments.

Provenance: ex Craig Hendrix collection, South Carolina, USA; ex Charles Craig Jr. collection, Costa Rica, acquired in the 1960s and 1970s

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Condition

Intact and excellent. Jadeite is gorgeous with wonderful veining. Very light surface wear commensurate with age.

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Costa Rican Jade Pendant - Avian w/ Bird Headdress

Name: Costa Rican Jade Pendant - Avian w/ Bird Headdress
SKU: 85797936
Price: 1300 USD
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