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'The Kunz Axe' (translucent dull blue-green jade)

IMAGE number
XBP390237
Image title
'The Kunz Axe' (translucent dull blue-green jade)
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Pre-Columbian / South American
Location
American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Medium
translucent dull blue-green jade
Dimensions
height: 27.2 cms
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reportedly found in the region of Oaxaca in about 1890, the three thousand year old sculpture has the mouth of a jaguar and almond shaped eyes leading experts to surmise that it is a representation of a chief or shaman who has transformed himself into an animal; museum reference number 30/7552;

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Central America / America (continent) / anthropomorphism / standing / pre columbian / shamanistic / snout / central america / zoomorphic / cracked / cracks / shamanic / precolumbian / artefact / mexican / snarling / artifact / big cat / mottled / mesoamerican / metamorphosis / veins / central american / smooth / pre-columbian / mesoamerica / statue
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