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It is located in a subterranean building underneath the "Plaza de la Cultura" and is owned and curated by the Banco Central de Costa Rica. The museum has an archaeological collection of 3,567 Pre-Columbian artifacts made up of 1,922 ceramic pieces, 1,586 gold objects, 46 stone objects, 4 jade, and 9 glass or bead objects.
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Jade bird pendant from Costa Rica. Jadeite is presumed one of the most precious materials of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica. It, along with other similar-looking greenstones (e.g. chalcedony, serpentine, and green jasper) were cherished and worked for years. Jadeite was used to decorate the body and was presumably a symbol of power.
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Gold was used in Central America by the first centuries AD [7] and was spiritually and symbolically important to Pre-Columbian peoples. [8] The countries of the Isthmus—Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia—emerged as a single goldworking region that shared styles and methodology, such as the use of lost-wax casting instead of hammering. [1]
Museo de Formas Espacios y Sonidos (Shapes, Spaces, and Sounds Museum) Museo de Oro Precolombiano (The Museum of Pre-Columbian Gold) Museo del Jade (Museum of Jade) Museo Filatélico y Numismático de Costa Rica (Philatelic and Numismatic Museum) Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (The National Museum)
Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica This page was last edited on 23 September 2021, at 19:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...