Pre-Hispanic Collection
Sculpture with tenon, featuring a feline (jaguar) effigy
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.1.0291
Category Sculptures and Monuments
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: Jorge Pérez de Lara (photo 1); Cultural Property Register /IDAEH (photos 2-3)Cultural Property Register/ IDAEH (photos 2-3)
02 Object Information
- Description
Zoomorphic sculpture in the Cotzumalguapa style, carved from basalt in the shape of a feline head—possibly a jaguar. The large head features round eyes, an open maw with visible fangs, and ears in relief. It wears a headdress with braided ornamentation and large ear ornaments.
The back features a long tenon, suggesting it may have served as an architectural peg used to decorate a façade.
*Donation by Hector Santamarina Herrera (2009).
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.)
- Provenance
- Pacific Coast of Guatemala
- Medium / Material
- Basalt stone
- Technique
- Carved, Grooving, percussion, Worked
- Dimensions
Head height: 80 cm
Width: 67 cm
Length: 147 cm
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
- Exhibitions
1. On long-term loan to the Casa Santo Domingo Archaeological Museum, Antigua Guatemala, from January 5, 2010, to October 24, 2017.
2. Currently on long-term loan to the Santo Domingo del Cerro Cultural Center, Antigua Guatemala, since October 25, 2017 (garden area).
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