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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Maker: Unknown

Kneeling Were-Jaguar Figure

900–400 B.C.

Gray and brown stone

8.89 × 7.303 × 6.35 cm (3 1/2 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2010.228.8
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Olmec
Period: 
Middle Formative Period
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Ex collection: Kansas City Private Collector
Acquired from Sotheby's New York, 5/27/98, Lot 350, before restoration of the ears.

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