Happy #CROCtober 🐊 and #BatAppreciationMonth 🦇!

Pendant, #bat with #crocodilian * wings
Nicoya, Costa Rica, dated 1-500CE
Stone (jadeite?), 1 3/4 × 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (4.4 × 0.6 × 13.3 cm)
Bowers Museum 2002.3.46: https://collections.bowers.org/objects/743/pendant?ctx=f499c51fa02791dfcf034b306a6763f5c0a1188e&idx=131
*🆔 Both the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) are native to Costa Rica.