A fine Andean Bird Pendant, ca. 500 - 1500 CE Seals - Intaglio robust handle

robust handle

with her head gently tilted to the left and her gaze downturned

8 inches (2 centimeters)

Surfers Paradise QLD

and the thin inner bark is weighted with stones and scorched with fire to flatten it out

A fine Andean Bird Pendant, ca. 500 - 1500 CE Seals - Intaglio robust handleCarved into the shape of a condor, facing skyward with stylized wings and tail. The Andean condor is a sacred bird and a significant part of Andean mythology and traditions, associated with the sun deity, power, health, and the upper world. The Incas believed the condor was a messenger to the gods and that it brought the sun into the sky each morning. They also considered the condor an immortal representation of the Jananpacha, which is the sky, upper