Description:

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE; Mexico, possibly Guerrero, ca. 300 BCE to 250 CE. A pair of stone carvings comprising a jadeite celt pendant and a chlorite-serpentine animal figure. The celt, worked from pale green jadeite, is shaped in the "axe-god" form with string-cut grooves defining geometric features and a drilled perforation through the neck for suspension as a pendant. Accompanying it is a compact animal effigy carved from chlorite-serpentine, depicting a crouching quadruped - possibly an ungulate or rodent. Size of celt: 3.1" L x 1.25" W (7.9 cm x 3.2 cm)

Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, acquired before 2000

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  • Condition: Losses to the animal's head and ears, with heavy pitting and abrasions to the rest of the body. Celt has chips and losses to the peripheries from age and perhaps use, but polished and nice preservation to details.

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