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Provenance: John Winnie private collection
Condition: The mirror is intact and in very good condition overall
originally set with bone or wood inlays on both sides
Sturdy and suitable for wearing
where place
An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold Provenance: John Winnie private collectionDisembodied 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