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Guanacaste-Nicoya Jade Axe God Pendant
This stylized pendant (1–500 AD) from the Guanacaste-Nicoya region depicts a human-like figure carved from jade, a sacred stone linked to fertility, status, and the divine. Shaped like an axe head, it symbolized power and transformation. Worn or buried with elites, such pendants held ritual and ancestral significance.
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