Plate
https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.182
Its pose and jewelry suggest this flamboyantly painted figure may represent a human clad in the skin of a jaguar. Because the jaguar is the largest, most powerful predator in Mesoamerica, it was a natural metaphor for earthly and supernatural power alike.
Artifact
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id
155456
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
|
| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60778381"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1990.182
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.182/1990.182_web.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.182/1990.182_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.182/1990.182_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Mexico, Campeche, Maya
Technique
earthenware with colored slips
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
belongs_to