Gold Shamanic Bird Pendant
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Gold Shamanic Bird Pendant

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This gold pendant (700–1550) from Costa Rica’s South Pacific region portrays a stylized bird with outstretched wings, representing a spirit guide. Birds were key figures in shamanic cosmology, symbolizing ascension, vision, and transformation during trance journeys between worlds.