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Collections

Bat Pectoral or Headband Ornament with Two Crocodile Heads300–700 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Carved jade plaque, horizontal, with a central crouching figure flanked by two outward-facing animal heads, decorated with incised parallel lines throughout
Title
Bat Pectoral or Headband Ornament with Two Crocodile Heads
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Place Made
Costa Rica
Date Made
300–700 CE
Medium
Greenstone
Dimensions
2 5/8 × 7 1/8 × 1/2 in. (6.67 × 18.1 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Accession Number
M.2016.334.34
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas