Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A set of 2 hand-carved stone artifacts from ancient Costa Rica including a jaguar head and a petite grinding tool called a mano ("hand" in Spanish). The jaguar head exhibits fine detailing and stylized feline features, and the break lines along the back of the neck suggest it came from a larger sculpture like a grinding platform called a metate. The planar mano features a rectangular grinding surface beneath an arching handle for ease of use. Size of largest (mano): 4.3" L x 1.5" W x 2" H (10.9 cm x 3.8 cm x 5.1 cm); (jaguar head): 2.625" L x 2.1" W x 1.6" H (6.7 cm x 5.3 cm x 4.1 cm)

Provenance: private Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA collection, acquired 1969 to 1970; ex-Dr. Jorge Lineas, San Jose, Costa Rica

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#187908

  • Condition: Jaguar head is a fragment of a larger sculpture as shown; mano is intact. Each piece with abrasions, nicks, and minor pitting commensurate with age, otherwise in nice condition. Great surface textures throughout.

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