Shamaness performing “Jaguar Shaman” rite for agricultural success, 300 BCE – 300 CE Costa Rica/Nicaragua

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Shamaness wearing a ceramic tanga and jewelry made of jadeite. Face and belly are painted. She offers a spoon made of jadeite. Reconstruction based on iconography and archaeological evidence. DAM Costa Rica Catalogue Project, 2006. https://www.academia.edu/1222402/Reconstructing_the_Pre-Columbian_World