Bird-celt pendant
Bird-celt pendant
Bird-celt pendant
Bird-celt pendant
Bird-celt pendant
Bird-celt pendant
Bird-celt pendant
Bird-celt pendant

Currently not on view

Bird-celt pendant,

1–500 CE

Greater Nicoya
Period IV
1998-187

Information

Title
Bird-celt pendant
Dates

1–500 CE

Medium
Jadeite
Dimensions
h. 21.7 cm., w. 3.3 cm., d. 3.2 cm. (8 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles L. Starke, M.D., Class of 1968
Object Number
1998-187
Place Made

North America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province, Nicoya peninsula

Culture
Costa Rican
Period
Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Type
jades, celts, ceremonial objects
Materials
jadéite
Subject
figures (representations), birds, headdresses

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