Crocodile Offertory or Altar
Crocodile Offertory or Altar
3D
Published 2018-02-14T11:29:49+00:00
Offertories or Altars (Seats?) Found exclusively in the Guanacaste Subregion of Costa Rica, these sculptures are waisted cylinders, wider at each end, and always decorated with large, rather stylized heads of crocodiles or alligators.They were considered to have been seats, but recent excavations suggest that they were altars on which offerings were placed.
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| Date published | 14/02/2018 |
| Complessità | Medium |
| Title | Crocodile Offertory or Altar |
| Date | 800-1550 AD |
| Dimension | Height: around 50cm |
| Medium | Stone |
| Credit | Museo Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Place | Museo Nacional de Costa Rica |
