Veraquas Jaguar Pendant, part of the Harold W. Shaw Collection at the Dayton Art Institute
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| Title: | Veraquas Jaguar Pendant, part of the Harold W. Shaw Collection at the Dayton Art Institute |
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| Description: | Veraguas Jaguar Pendant. Panama, excavated at La Vaca site, Costa Rica, c.800-1500 AD, Gold, Length 4 1/2 inches. This extraordinary example of Costa Rican gold sculpture represents a high point in the art of gold work in the pre-Hispanic Americas. The jaguar holds human limbs in its jaws, a symbol of the power this highly revered animal held over all other creatures, even man. Harold W. Shaw Collection at the Dayton Art Institute. |
| Bookmark: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.WSU/3796 |
| Date: | 2002 |
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