Ornament in the Shape of a Crouching Jaguar Deity

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Ornament in the Shape of a Crouching Jaguar Deity

Date900–200 BC

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 4 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (11.7 × 13.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1181

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 1988, lot 16]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 21, 1988–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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