Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A set of 2 hand-carved celt pendants - the larger from greenstone and the more petite from omphacite jade - each with string-cut features along the obverse face as well as a suspension hole that is biconically drilled through the upper periphery. Size (greenstone): 0.42" L x 0.67" W x 2.19" H (1.1 cm x 1.7 cm x 5.6 cm); (omphacite jade): 0.26" L x 0.67" W x 1.94" H (0.7 cm x 1.7 cm x 4.9 cm)

Provenance: private Friendswood, Texas, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-Craig Hendrix collection, South Carolina, USA; ex-Charles Craig Jr. collection, Costa Rica, acquired in the 1960s and 1970s

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  • Condition: Each piece with light abrasions, otherwise intact and very good. Great surface smoothness throughout. Each can be strung from a modern necklace cord if desired.

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