Description

Shamanic Animal Amulet

This attractive ‘ghost’ jade features a common composite design seen throughout the main regions, in present-day Costa Rica, where jade was produced (Guanacaste and the Northern Plains of the Atlantic watershed). This shamanic amulet features an enigmatic animal whose hind legs actually are a motif of a highly stylized mammal with an up-turned tail – a prominent aesthetic of the lower isthmus (Costa Rica and Panama).

• Size: 5 cm long
• Central American jadeite
• 500 BC – 800 AD