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Jaguar Hacha700–900 CE

Not on view
Stone relief sculpture, flat slab with carved profile head in curvilinear style, facing right, with scroll forms and incised decorative elements
Stone relief panel with a carved crouching figure in profile, wearing a headdress and loincloth, surrounded by interlocking scroll and curvilinear motifs in a Mesoamerican style; gray-tan sandstone with worn, pitted surface texture.
Title
Jaguar Hacha
Culture
Classic Veracruz
Place Made
Mexico, Veracruz
Date Made
700–900 CE
Medium
Andesite
Dimensions
Height: 14 in. (35.56 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.182
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.