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Costa Rican Jade Carving

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During the first centuries A.D., the chiefdoms of Costa Rica prized jade as a material for finely crafted objects. Jade is exceptionally hard, making it extremely challenging and time-consuming to carve. The only known source for jade in the ancient Americas is the Motagua River valley, which today forms the border between Guatemala and Honduras; thus, jade was an exotic, foreign material to the ancient Costa Ricans. It was traded into the region in the form of celts (axe blades), and many Costa Rican jades maintain a basic celt shape. Human and bird forms, such as those exhibited here, are among the most common motifs: they may represent important individuals and powerful animals associated with clans or with supernatural power.

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