Hacha in the Form of a Jaguar

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Hacha in the Form of a Jaguar

Mexico, Veracruz, Totonac, 700–900 CE
Stone
Andesite stone
Height: 14 in. (35.56 cm)
The Phil Berg Collection (M.71.73.182)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.
  • 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.
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.
  • 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.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.
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