Head of a Jaguar
Unidentified Maya maker
Pre-Columbian
Black terracotta
Overall: 5 11/16 × 4 15/16 × 5 in. (14.5 × 12.6 × 12.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W
38.12.5533
Geography
Place Made: Quiriguá, Guatemala, Central America
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
Spanish 9.02, Culture and Conversation, Mauricio Acuna, Spring 2024
Provenance
From Quiriguá, Guatemala; collected by Victor Macomber Cutter (1881-1952), early 1900's; lent to present collection, 1938-1953; bequeathed to Florence deJongh Cutter (1885-1957),1953; given to present collection, 1953.
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