Description

Snake Legs

This potent amulet – snake legs – clearly represents the power of the shaman who is able to ‘shape shift’ into different animals. One often sees snakes, jaguars, crocodiles and eagles connected in this manner to the figure of the shaman who was a key central personage in the pre-European societies in lower Central America. inspired by Pre-Hispanic jewelry, features as the central amulet, a stylized frog which is a recurring theme in the region’s mythology of this epoch. Besides the attractive design of this piece, the jade cut chosen for this amulet is a striking, liquidy forest green colour.

• Size: 3 1/4″ (8.5 cm) long
• Central American jadeite
• 500 BC – 800 AD