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Diquís Harpy Eagle–Alligator Pendant
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Diquís Harpy Eagle–Alligator Pendant

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This Pre-Columbian gold pendant (700–1550) from Costa Rica depicts a harpy eagle with a stylized alligator head. Merging predator traits, it symbolized power, vision, and transformation. Worn by elites, such adornments reflected sacred animal spirits central to Diquís cosmology and shamanic identity.

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