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Pre-Columbian (replica) Stone Sculpture - Double Serpentine Warrior (carved serpentine stone plaque)
$245.00
Code: PCCR043
Size: 16 1/2" long x 8”wide (42 x 20.5 cms)
This 'double warrior plaque carved from a slab of green-toned serpentine' would be an stone object (replica) possibly representing clan founders, or cultural heroes, of the pre-European Huetar society of the Central Valley and Caribbean watershed of present-day Costa Rica.
Serpentine stone is still found by the rivers that flow out to the Caribbean coast. 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: 16 1/2" long x 8”wide (42 x 20.5 cms)
This 'double warrior plaque carved from a slab of green-toned serpentine' would be an stone object (replica) possibly representing clan founders, or cultural heroes, of the pre-European Huetar society of the Central Valley and Caribbean watershed of present-day Costa Rica.
Serpentine stone is still found by the rivers that flow out to the Caribbean coast. 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.