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Pre-Columbian Chorotega Jaw with Filed Teeth
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Pre-Columbian Chorotega Jaw with Filed Teeth

This jaw (c. 1000–1500 AD) shows filed teeth, a widespread practice in pre-Columbian America to express courage, beauty, or status. Common among the Chorotega and Nicarao, it involved reducing enamel with abrasives. A jade inlay appears in one tooth. The ceramic vessel behind it also features filed teeth, evoking funerary masks and ritual identity.
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