Description

Shamanic Animal Amulet

This attractive and complex jade pendant features a shamanic animal, the king vulture, an animal whose role is to guide souls of the desceased to their final destination – the after-life. One can see this bi-cephalic depiction of the vulture with a human head between its beak and talons.

These objects are from today’s territory of Costa Rica. These extraordinary jade objects – amulets, ear-spools and labial pieces – were fabricated in the regions of Guanacaste and the Northern Plains of the Atlantic watershed.

• Size: 3″ long side
• Central American jadeite
• 500 BC – 800 AD