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Diquís Crocodile Pendant
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Diquís Crocodile Pendant

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This gold pendant (700–1550) from southern Costa Rica represents a stylized crocodile with pronounced jaws and ridged feet. Crocodiles were revered in Diquís cosmology as powerful guardians of rivers and symbols of strength and fertility. Such pendants were worn in ritual contexts to invoke protection and spiritual authority.

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