Pendant

35-17-20

From: Costa Rica | Guanacaste

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 35-17-20
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chorotegan
Provenience Costa Rica | Guanacaste
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

Fine-grained gritty stone, greenish. Celt-form; made by sawing through the shaped stone, edgewise; the upper half was then incised with human features ? and drilled near the margin of narrow end; later the pendant was cut in two lengthwise. Asymetric. Weathered.

Length 10.001 cm
Width 1.746 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Jorge Lines, 1935

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