About the Artwork
Vessel in the Form of a Jaguar
between 1000 and 1500
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Precolumbian
Nicoya/guanacaste
Orange ware with polychrome
Overall: 17 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 12 7/8 inches (45.1 × 27.3 × 32.7 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Jan and Ingeborg van der Marck .
1988.73
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1988-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Nicoya/Guanacaste, Precolumbian, Vessel in the Form of a Jaguar, between 1000 and 1500, orange ware with polychrome. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jan and Ingeborg van der Marck ., 1988.73.
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