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Diquís Crab Pendant
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Diquís Crab Pendant

This gold pendant from Costa Rica’s southern Pacific region (700–1550) depicts a crab with naturalistic claws and a smooth, domed carapace. Crabs symbolized renewal and protection through their molting cycle and armored shell. As coastal creatures, they also expressed the vital connection between land and sea in pre-Columbian cosmology.
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