Yoke in Form of a Jaguar

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Yoke in Form of a Jaguar

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, 600–900 CE
Stone
Rhyolite
17 × 14 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (43.18 × 37.47 × 11.75 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1992.134.25)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot and Green, Judith Strupp. Precolumbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Themes in Mesoamerican Art. San Diego, CA: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, 1990.
  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot and Green, Judith Strupp. Precolumbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Themes in Mesoamerican Art. San Diego, CA: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, 1990.
  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot. Sacred Gifts: Precolumbian Art and Creativity. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1994.
  • Beckett, Sister Wendy.  Sister Wendy's American Collection, Toby Eady Associates, ed.  Harper Collins Publishers, 2000.
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