SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
Olmec

File number:mga0139

© South American Pictures/ Chris Sharp

Olmec, Mexico. Monument 52 from San Lorenzo. Height 90cm. This is the infantile Were-Jaguar god, an example of a human figure with jaguar features. The artifact was buried in a stone drain system and may have been a rain deity. Museo Nacional de Antropología Mexico City

 

 

 


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