Crocodile double poignée. La culture Diquís : ( ?). Dimensions : H. 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x W. D. 1 1/8 in. (9,8 x 7,3 x 2,8 cm). Date : 13ème-16ème siècle. Ce pendentif représente un crocodile à deux têtes avec six papillons publicitaires circulaire. Les créatures composites, comme cela se produit dans tout le Costa Rica et Panama, signalant que les croyances et leurs expressions étaient partagées par de nombreux groupes. Les styles développés des caractéristiques distinctes, cependant. La ferronnerie du Diquis Delta dans le sud-ouest de Costa Rica est ornée et pleine de détails. Spirales et corde tressée et torsadée prolifèrent, et les papillons publicitaires, résonner comme
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Double Crocodile Pendant. Culture: Diquís (?). Dimensions: H. 3 7/8 x W. 2 7/8 x D. 1 1/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 2.8 cm). Date: 13th-16th century. This pendant represents a two-headed crocodile with six circular danglers. Composite creatures such as this occur throughout Costa Rica and Panama, signaling that beliefs and their expressions were shared by many groups. Local styles developed distinctive characteristics, however. Metalwork from the Diquis Delta area in southwestern Costa Rica is ornate and replete with detail. Spirals and twisted and braided rope proliferate, and danglers, tinkling like bells and glittering in the sunlight, sometimes conceal the figures behind them. Costa Rica is the most northerly of the Precolumbian goldworking areas, which run from southern Peru and Bolivia on the west side of South America, along the Andean Mountain chain to Ecuador and Colombia, and from there across onto the Isthmus of Panama. This generally continuous region, in which ancient American goldworking technologies developed, intermingled, and expanded, ends approximately in southern Costa Rica. Costa Rican metalwork is thus consistent with southern technologies and imagery, although it has its own distinct, and quite strong, visual character. Depictions of predatory animals are common; crocodiles, felines, bats, sharks, and spiders appear in various guises, many anthropomorphized, and many with bared teeth showing. It is believed that the ability of such creatures to cause harm also engendered their capacity of inspire religious awe and respect. The major mountain ranges account for the creation of three cultural zones in ancient Costa Rica, where diverse ethnic groups developed distinct artistic traditions. The south-eastern zone of Pacific Costa Rica, near the Panamanian border, was the most important region for goldworking. It has yielded more gold objects than any other Costa Rican area. Early European accounts report that the tropical rainforest region of the Diquis D
