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Were-jaguar, mask

Olmec, Mexico
Were-jaguar, mask
 Middle Formative 800 BCE-300 BCE

Medium
greenstone

Measurements
13.5 × 12.7 × 7.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented anonymously, 1980

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Mexico

Accession Number
PC5-1980

Department
Pre-Columbian Art

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Physical description
Of were jaguar, brown stone with green vein.

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