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Were-jaguar, figure

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

Medium
diorite

Measurements
22.3 × 10.6 × 13.3 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
PC2-1980

Department
Pre-Columbian Art

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Physical description
Standing figure, of were-jaguar deity.

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