Jaguar Pectoral
- Culture
- Mixteca-Puebla
- Date
- c.1200–1400
- Material
- Stone, shell, and wood
- associated with
- Tehuacán, Puebla state, Mexico, North and Central America
- Classification
- Jewelry & personal accessories
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 114
- Dimensions
- 3 3/8 x 6 3/8 x 1/2 in. (8.6 x 16.2 x 1.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 163:1979
Provenance
- 1969
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA
1969 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated December 2, 1969 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "3171 / Mixtec mosaic tiger, Caves of Tehuacan, Puebla" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA
1969 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated December 2, 1969 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "3171 / Mixtec mosaic tiger, Caves of Tehuacan, Puebla" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.
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