[AC] Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; [HC] Hampshire College Art Gallery;
[HD] Historic Deerfield; [MH] Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; [MH SK] The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College; [SC] Smith College Museum of Art; [UM] University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst

Description:
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting a seated male holding small jaguar cub (or pampas cat) in his lap. Details painted in cream on a red slipped base. Flat bottom, round stirrup handle.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; religion; mythology; men; animals; indigenous people

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