Diquís Warrior
Masked Shaman Pendant
Diquís Stone Sphere
Quimbaya-Style Musician and Dancer Figures
Diquís Gold Frog Pendant
Ancient Gold Shark Pendants
Pre-Columbian Gold Frog Pendant
Diquís Gold Feline Pendant
Ceremonial Plaza and Chiefs’ Houses, Diquís Settlement
Gold Shamanic Bird Pendant
Ancient Gold Earring with Human Head
Diquís Crocodile Pendant
Diquís Double-Headed Crocodile Pendant
Diquís Frog-Shaped Pendant
Diquís Gold Frog Pendant
Diquís Gold Frog Pendant
Diquís Raptor Pendant
Diquís Bat Pendant
Diquís Gold Pendant with Winged Being
Diquís Spiny Crocodile Pendant
Diquís Twin-Headed Turtle Pendant
Embossed Gold Disks of Diquís
Guanín Rattle Pendant
Diquís Openwork Gold Rattle
Diquís Harpy Eagle Pendants and Metal Alloys
Diquís Gold Adornments and Avian Pendants
Mythical Creatures in Animal Form
Quimbaya-Style Seated Ruler and Shamanic Figure
Diquís Eagle Pendant with Crocodile-Head Earpieces
Diquís Frog and Anthropomorphic Pendants
Diquís Avian Pendant Holding a Frog
Diquís Settlement and Monumental Platform
Diquís Settlement
Diquís Lobster Pendants
Diquís Gold Disks
Diquís Frog–Bat Pendant with Nose Ring
Diquís Gold Ornament with Shamanic Figures
Diquís Gold Pendant with Predator
Diquís Shaman Pendant
Diquís Bat Pendant with Bird-Headed Wings
Gold Nuggets from the Sierpe River
Diquís Frog Pendant with Zoomorphic Heads
Diquís Crocodile Pendant with Bared Teeth
Chorotega Gold Idol Pendant
Gold Nuggets from the Sierpe River
Diquís Turtle Bell Pendant
Reconstruction of a Diquís Settlement
Diquís Gold Neck Ornament
Diquís Gold Disk Ornament
Diquís Composite Animal with Maize
Diquís Pendant: Bat with Phallic Imagery
Diquís Bird Pendants
Diquís Pendant of Flute Players
Quimbaya-Zenú Style Pendant with Seated Figure
Diquís Harpy Eagle–Alligator Pendant
Quimbaya-Style Musician
Diquís Winged Creature Pendant
Veraguas Harpy Eagle Pendant
Diquís Pendant of Raptor Seizing Prey
Diquís Spiny Crocodile Pendant
Diquís Avian Pendant with Spread Wings
Quimbaya-Style Dancer
Diquís Shamanic Gold Pendants
Diquís Gold Pectorals and Rods
Diquís Pendants of Musicians
Diquís Shaman and Lizard-Masked Pendants
Diquís Embossed Gold Disk with Crocodiles
Diquís Gold Pendant with Dangling Ornaments
Diquís Crab Pendant
Diquís Frog Pendant
Diquís Gold Pectoral Symbol of Power
Diquís Frog–Jaguar Pendant
Diquís Crocodile Pendant
Diquís Agricultural and River Life
Diquís Gold Pendant of a Predator
Diquís Harpy Eagle Pendant
Diquís Gold Figures with Rattles
Diquís Pendant of Eagle with Crocodile-Head Adornments
Diquís Lizard-Masked Ritual Pendant
Diquís Crab Pendant
Diquís Bat Pendant with Outstretched Wings
Diquís Gold Frog Pendant
Diquís Village Reconstruction
Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
Set beneath San José’s Plaza de la Cultura, the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum holds Costa Rica’s clearest public record of indigenous life before and through early contact. Its Diquís masterworks from 700–1500 show gold not as currency but as a charged material of rank, alliance, and sacred authority, shaped into disks and animal-human forms that echo myth and power. By linking river nuggets to ritual regalia and to the stone-sphere world that framed Diquís society, the museum restores a foundational past long pushed to the margins.
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