Central America, Costa Rica/Nicaragua, Greater Nicoya. Pataky Polychrome, Pataky Variety. Period VI, 1000-1350 AD. Ceramic. 1991.4.337. Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau. Photo by Bruce M. White, 2008.
Rear view showing a line of smaller jaguar stamps resembling a dorsal stripe. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Detail of vessel: two miniature jaguars as spots at the top of the proper right leg, beneath the front paw/handle (oriented sideways relative to the piece standing on its feet). Photo by Bruce M. White, 2008.
For more information on this piece, visit the Michael C. Carlos Museum’s website or the following publications:
Rebecca R. Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 108-110.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2012), 73.
Rebecca R. Stone. The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 107-124.