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Costa Rican Stone figurine or Celt
A polished stone figurine wearing a head-dress with his arms folded in front. The carved features and shape of this figurine are similar to Pre-Columbian Costa Rican axe celts. These objects have often been described as "axe-gods" noting their ceremonial use.
Creator
- The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
Subject
- Characters & Creatures
- Cultural Heritage & History
- axes (tools)
- figurines
- carvings (visual works)
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
- Figurine
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
Subject
- Characters & Creatures
- Cultural Heritage & History
- axes (tools)
- figurines
- carvings (visual works)
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
- Figurine
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- 2022
- 2022
Temporal
- Medieval
Places
- Costa Rica
Provenance
- Models are created using Shining3D’s Einscan Pro 2X laser scanner and ExScan Pro software. They are then processed using Meshlab and Blender. ; Laser scanning; Mesh cleaning; Mesh processing
Identifier
- share3d:1214
- share3d:1214
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- Share3D
- Ireland
Relations
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/226f95e0-3dab-39da-950b-783f4c1e5d4d/?s%3Dstone+figurine&pos=1
Year
- 2022
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2023-05-11T08:15:49.664Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-03-26T19:57:10.959Z