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Delightful Costa Rican Pottery Jaguar Whistle

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Delightful Costa Rican Pottery Jaguar Whistle

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Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1500 CE. A small, hand-molded pottery figure that doubles as a whistle. The figure has jaguar features - a long, curling tail, black spots and lines on its body, and a jaguar-face, but it stands bipedally and has human-like arms and breasts - is this a female shaman in the process of transformation? Size: 3.6" L x 2.9" W x 3.6" H (9.1 cm x 7.4 cm x 9.1 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Peter Arnovick collection, San Francisco, CA acquired around 1980

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Delightful Costa Rican Pottery Jaguar Whistle

Name: Delightful Costa Rican Pottery Jaguar Whistle
SKU: 49685708
Price: 300 USD
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