Currently not on view
Dragon with flame eyebrows and incised motifs,
900–600 BCE
Olmec style
Middle Formative Period
2004-19
Information
Title
Dragon with flame eyebrows and incised motifs
Dates
900–600 BCE
Medium
Green jade
Dimensions
h. 11.0 cm., w. 5.0 cm., d. 2.7 cm. (4 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2004-19
Place Made
North America, Mexico, Guerrero
Culture
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Subject
- Harmer Johnson, ed. Guide to the Arts of the Americas (New York: Rizzoli, 1992), p. 124 (illus.)
- Michael D. Coe et al., The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership (Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, 1996), fig. 3, p. 51 (illus.)
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2004," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 64 (2005): p. 91-135., p. 104
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013), p. 279
