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Huetar Warrior With Trophy Head
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Huetar Warrior With Trophy Head

This basalt figure (1000–1500 AD) from the Guápiles region portrays a Huetar warrior holding a severed head across his chest, the upraised arm once grasping a weapon. Such effigies embodied martial valor and ritual dominance, expressing how warfare and sacrifice affirmed hierarchy in pre-Columbian Costa Rican society.
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