. Ancient Mexico and Central America. Indian art; Indian art. Washed out of a mound in 1909 in Nccaxa, during the construction of a dam, this man-jaguar combines animal features with the form of a seated man. The mixed characteristics are typically Olmec. The head is elongated and back- ward sloping in a manner favored by Olmec sculptors, possibly representing cranial deformation. Man-jaguar faces are incised on the cheeks; other incis- ions depict a necklace and wristlets, a glyph, and arrangement of holes drilled through the base suggests the jade may have been mounted on a staff. M
. Ancient Mexico and Central America. Indian art; Indian art. Washed out of a mound in 1909 in Nccaxa, during the construction of a dam, this man-jaguar combines animal features with the form of a seated man. The mixed characteristics are typically Olmec. The head is elongated and back- ward sloping in a manner favored by Olmec sculptors, possibly representing cranial deformation. Man-jaguar faces are incised on the cheeks; other incis- ions depict a necklace and wristlets, a glyph, and arrangement of holes drilled through the base suggests the jade may have been mounted on a staff. Man-jaguar figure. Olmec. Green jade. Necaxa, Piichla. Height 3'/i Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Museum of Natural History; Boltin, Lee; Meyer, Alfred P. , 1935-. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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