Pendant

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Origin Greater Nicoya

Title Pendant

Date 500 BCE–300 CE

Medium Chalcedony

Dimensions Mount: 1/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (0.3 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm)
Object: 1 7/8 × 1 3/16 × 1/2 in. (4.8 × 3 × 1.3 cm)
Overall: 2 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (5.1 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm)

Credit Line Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 80.102

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About this Work

This charming figure is part of a long-standing Costa Rican lapidary tradition. It is carved from chalcedony, a material that archaeologists sometimes call "social jade." This is a reference to the idea that while the stone is not jadeite, it nevertheless was considered precious and used in the same contexts.

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"Pendant | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=80.102