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Authentic Central American Jade Pre-Columbian (replica) 'Axe-god' Amulet
$725.00
Code: PCCR041
Size: 3 3/4" tall x 2 ¼”wide (9.25 x 5.75 cms)
This liquidy green translucent jade amulet represents, what is known locally, as a 'dios hacha' (axe-god) - a power motif for the wearer and evidently a very important symbol in its era, before the arrival of the Europeans, judging by how many of these objects were excavated.
Its provenance would be the Nicoya-Guanacaste region and northern Caribbean watershed, CE 350-800. The Pre-Columbian reproductions craftsmen that we work with are the same that the national museums of Costa Rica employ when they need replicas made. Their craft is such that they could easily fool many experts regarding authenticity.
The eye for detail and faithfully copied aesthetic that these, often senior, craftsmen achieve is most certainly informed through having handled so many authentic pre-European objects as part of their 'haul' back in the day. These were times when there were no laws against tomb raiding and selling artifacts pilfered from ancient aboriginal graves.
Size: 3 3/4" tall x 2 ¼”wide (9.25 x 5.75 cms)
This liquidy green translucent jade amulet represents, what is known locally, as a 'dios hacha' (axe-god) - a power motif for the wearer and evidently a very important symbol in its era, before the arrival of the Europeans, judging by how many of these objects were excavated.
Its provenance would be the Nicoya-Guanacaste region and northern Caribbean watershed, CE 350-800. The Pre-Columbian reproductions craftsmen that we work with are the same that the national museums of Costa Rica employ when they need replicas made. Their craft is such that they could easily fool many experts regarding authenticity.
The eye for detail and faithfully copied aesthetic that these, often senior, craftsmen achieve is most certainly informed through having handled so many authentic pre-European objects as part of their 'haul' back in the day. These were times when there were no laws against tomb raiding and selling artifacts pilfered from ancient aboriginal graves.