This hand-made work in black stoneware, kiln-fired and finished in gold patina, is the artist’s reproduction of an outstanding example of pre-Columbian artwork.  The original piece is an intricately crafted miniature gold medallion, now part of the collection of the Central Bank of Costa Rica.  This particular figure appears on Costa Rica’s 5000 colones banknote.

By studying the features of gold pieces such as this, archeologists have established connections between the pre-Columbian goldsmiths of Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and even Mexico.