An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold it gives the wearer pleasant

it gives the wearer pleasant dreams and keeps them immune from infection and contagious diseases

the lower register showing Harpokrates with Hathor cows flanking a lotus

while most finds of deep skillets have come from the frontier areas of the Roman Empire

the oval-shaped tool percussion flaked from a piece of light brown flint

Provenance:   Private collection of Dr

An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold it gives the wearer pleasantDisembodied human heads are ubiquitous in the Pre Columbian iconography of Costa Rica and neighboring areas of Panama. Accounts make it clear that indigenous peoples practiced taking and displaying human heads as trophies. In this volcanic stone example, the closed eyes and slack mouth suggest death, while the close fitting cap of geometric design may be of fiber as the form suggests twisted cords or a rattan like material. It was thought that taking