| dc.contributor.author |
Shaw, Harold W. |
|
| dc.coverage.spatial |
Central America and Columbia |
en |
| dc.coverage.temporal |
Pre-Columbian |
en |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2009-12-23T17:33:05Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2009-12-23T17:33:05Z |
|
| dc.date.created |
2002 |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2002 |
|
| dc.identifier.other |
L8.2001.76 |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.WSU/3796 |
|
| dc.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. |
en |
| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en |
| dc.relation.ispartof |
Harold W. Shaw pre-Columbian Collection |
en |
| dc.rights.uri |
http://www.daytonartinstitute.org |
|
| dc.subject |
Indian Art - Panama
|
en |
| dc.subject |
Shaw, Harold W.
|
en |
| dc.subject |
Dayton Art Institute
|
en |
| dc.subject |
Gold Jewelry
|
en |
| dc.subject |
Indian Art
|
en |
| dc.title |
Veraquas Jaguar Pendant, part of the Harold W. Shaw Collection at the Dayton Art Institute |
en |
| dc.type |
Gold Pendant |
en |
| dc.permissions |
World |
|
| dc.publisher.digital |
Dayton Art Institute |
en |
| dc.date.digitized |
2003 |
|
| dc.publisher.OLinstitution |
Wright State University |
|
| dc.publisher.OLrepository |
Dayton Art Institute |
|
