Jade / Greenstone Pendants - Maya, Costa Rican, Colima

**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Mexico and Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE; Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A trio of hand-carved jade and greenstone pendants, each in a zoomorphic and anthropomorphic form. The first is a Colima greenstone pendant of an elongated creature, perhaps a snake. The body is straight, with a slightly ridged spine, and the other sides of the body are flat. Rounded eyes and drilled nostrils complete the head of the serpent. The next is a Costa Rican jade pendant of an axe god figure, the legs have a small delineating notch, and string cut lines create the arms and visage. The last is a circular Maya jade ornament with a protruding snake head and tail. This may have been an earspool and a wood plug would secure the piece through the central opening. A second, smaller piercing is placed through the ring below the tail. All 3 pendants are drilled for suspension and could be worn! Size of Colima pendant: 3.75" L x 0.5" W (9.5 cm x 1.3 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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Condition Report: Loss to tail of Maya snake pendant. Minor nicks to Costa Rican figural pendant's feet. Scattered mineral and earthen deposits on snake and figural pendants. Elongated Colima snake pendant is intact and polished. All have modern suspension threads and could be worn.