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Art History Animalia

For when it’s still but is just around the corner…
Jade pendant, with wings
Costa Rica, Central Caribbean Region, 500 BCE - 800 CE
H 15.5 x W 3 cm
Museo del Jade, Costa Rica

photo of object, front profile on black background: carved jade pendant in the form of a bat, with the spread wings as shark heads
May 11, 2024, 04:07 AM·Public·Mastodon for iOS
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For this , look what I found to go along with the SharkBat above - a CrocBat! 🐊🦇
Pendant, with * wings
Nicoya, Costa Rica, dated 1-500CE
Stone (jadeite?), 1 3/4 × 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (4.4 × 0.6 × 13.3 cm)
Bowers Museum 2002.3.46: collections.bowers.org/objects
*🆔Both the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) are native to Costa Rica.

Official museum photo of the pendant on white background "The composition represents a shaman transformed into a bat. The bat's wings however are in the form of crocodile or cayman heads seen in profile. The shaman's feet are schematized."
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