This video focuses on pre-Columbian golden pendants from Central America, specifically Costa Rica and Panama, made between about 700 and 1519 in the Isthmo-Colombian region. Objects like this were popular in the larger Chiriquí-Veraguas and Diquís cultural regions, which were bustling hubs for the production of gold objects. We focus on eagle pendants. The video examines why these were popular and explains the lost-wax casting technique.

Speaker: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank