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Costa Rican Stone Sphere Postcard

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18 pt thickness / 120 lb weight Soft white, soft eggshell texture
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  • Dimensions: 14.22 cm L x 10.79 cm H (5.6"x 4.25") qualified USPS postcard size
  • High quality, full-colour, full-bleed printing on both sides

Paper Type: Signature Matte

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Costa Rican Stone Sphere Postcard

Costa Rican Stone Sphere Postcard

The stone spheres (or stone balls) of Costa Rica are an assortment of over three hundred petrospheres in Costa Rica. Locally, they are known as Las Bolas. The spheres are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquís culture and are sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres. They range in size from a few centimetres to over 2 metres (6.6 ft) in diameter, and weigh up to 15 tons. Most are sculpted from gabbro, the coarse-grained equivalent of basalt, a dozen or so made from shell-rich limestone, and another dozen from a sandstone. Numerous myths surround the stones, such as they came from Atlantis, or that they were made as such by nature. Some local legends state that the native inhabitants had access to a potion able to soften the rock. In the cosmogony of the Bribri, which is shared by the Cabecares and other American ancestral groups, the stone spheres are “Tara’s cannon balls”. Tara or Tlatchque, the god of thunder, used a giant blowpipe to shoot the balls at the Serkes, gods of winds and hurricanes, in order to drive them out of these lands.

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Product ID: 239144971676838242
Created on 05/05/2013, 23:44
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