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Gold Nuggets from the Sierpe River
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Gold Nuggets from the Sierpe River

Unrefined gold nuggets rest in a clay bowl, sourced from the Sierpe River in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific region. These riverine treasures, used by Diquís goldsmiths (700–1500 AD), supplied the raw material for ritual ornaments that embodied sacred power and social rank, linking material mastery to spiritual authority.
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