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Jaguar mask

La Tolita, 400

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La Tolita

Jaguar mask

La Tolita, 400

Physical Qualities Earthenware (kaolin, bentonite), 3 15/16 × 5 × 2 3/4 in. (10 × 12.7 × 7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number 1999.493
Open mouth, exaggerated fangs, wearing shaman's helmet.

Inscribed: Collector's label on back: 67/38 - SERPENT HEAD - 11/81 - TUMACO - COLOMBIA - AN OLD CULTURE - 550-100 B.C. - PC18G - 4'. Collector's label on back: 3E-TUMACO

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La Tolita

2000–2000

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