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IZAPA (?), CA. 300-100 B.C.
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A PRECLASSIC MAYAN JADE PENDANT
Izapa (?), ca. 300-100 B.C.
Possibly once attached to a scepter, in the form of a jaguar's head with bared fangs, deeply drilled, flaring snout, sunken eyes probably inlaid and ears pressed tightly to the side; in grey-green Olmec jade, with a projecting, pierced tenon at the back for the attachment.
Height 2 1/4 in. (5.5 cm.)
Izapa (?), ca. 300-100 B.C.
Possibly once attached to a scepter, in the form of a jaguar's head with bared fangs, deeply drilled, flaring snout, sunken eyes probably inlaid and ears pressed tightly to the side; in grey-green Olmec jade, with a projecting, pierced tenon at the back for the attachment.
Height 2 1/4 in. (5.5 cm.)