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Another is that the king vulture, "upon its arrival
at a carcass, terrifies the other carrion-feeding
species with a foreboding expansion of its bicol-
ored wings" (Cooke 1984). The large "eagle" or
vulture was significant in the world of belief as
part of the world above, and was the deity of crea-
tion among some native peoples. M.J.S.

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ANTHROPOMORPHIC AVIAN EFFIGY

Diquis
cast gold
1
13.1x13.3 (jVsx s /^
Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica, San Jose

This primarily avian pendant, like other Diquis
pendants (see cats. 486, 487, 489, 490), is charac-
terized by the flared wing and tail. Dual crocodile
heads in false filigree emerge from the head.
M.J.S.

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