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Jaguar effigy vessel

800–1000 AD
Object PlacePanama
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with red, maroon and black on cream-orange slip paint
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 19.4 x 29.2 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Thomas F. Phillips, Jr.
Accession number2015.3298
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1960s, acquired in Panama by Dr. Edward Howell (b. 1926 – d. 1998), Danville, PA [see note]; by inheritance to his widow, Jacqueline Howell, New Orleans; 2013, sold by Mrs. Howell to M. S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans; 2013, sold by Rau Antiques to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2015, year-end gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 24, 2016)

NOTE: According to a signed and notarized statement from Dr. Howell’s widow (February 18, 2013). Dr. Howell served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the early 1960s, at which time he was stationed in Peru. He formed much of his Pre-Columbian collection at that time. Panama, where he is believed to have acquired this piece, was the primary refueling stop between the U.S. and Peru.

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