Jaguar Mortar

1500-300 BC (Late Formative)

9.8 cm 11.7 cm 26 cm

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Carved and polished stone 'mortars,' carved as stylized felines or birds, are a well-known category of a poorly known Chorrera culture that flourished on the east coast of Ecuador from 1500-300 BC. Many, such as this example, are carved of green stone, likely due to the associ...

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Private collection, New Jersey, prior to June 2006; Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation [John Stokes as agent], June 8, 2006, by purchase [Arte Primitivo, New York, as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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