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Greater Nicoya Jadeite Beads Necklace
This necklace of elongated jadeite beads (c. 300–800 AD) reflects the prestige and ritual power associated with jade in ancient Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The intense labor required to shape and polish this durable stone made it a symbol of elite status. Worn by chiefs or shamans, such ornaments invoked fertility, rain, and ancestral blessings.
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