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His skull is narrow and elongated, indicating intentional cranial alteration or the physical transition into the shape of a jaguar's head. Modeling around the lower lip and eyes suggests that the figure is snarling. As is common in Olmec jade carving, the drill holes used to begin relief carving are clearly evident at the corners of the mouth, eyes, and nostrils. The dark-green jadeite mottled with white spots may have been used to mimic the pelt of a spotted jaguar.","remarks":null}],"media":[{"id":12815,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/2005-110","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2005,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 65 (2006): p. 49-81.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2005,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 65 (2006): p. 49-81., p. 76, p. 80 (illus.)","date":2006,"id":429,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/20442620"},{"boilertext":"<i>Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection</i> (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007)","citation":"<i>Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection</i> (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 110 (illus.)","date":2007,"id":474,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/191864564"}],"exhibitions":[],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: North America, Mexico, Gulf Coast","code":"Place made","continent":"North America","subcontinent":"Mesoamerica","country":"Mexico","region":"Gulf Coast","state":null,"city":null,"county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":null,"locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":"http://www.geonames.org/3996063/mexico.html","location":{"lat":"23","lon":"-102"}}],"terms":[{"id":2055224,"term":"jades","aatid":300184767,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2055437,"term":"figurines","aatid":300047455,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2055657,"term":"figures (representations)","aatid":300189808,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2158072,"term":"jaguars","aatid":null,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2058713,"term":"moderate green","aatid":300128497,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2090947,"term":"shamans","aatid":300218522,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2094881,"term":"noblemen","aatid":300236547,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2035652,"term":"Middle Preclassic","aatid":300016973,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2035751,"term":"Olmec","aatid":300017051,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2096051,"term":"mythology","aatid":300055985,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2096251,"term":"iconography","aatid":300055859,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2156347,"term":"carving","aatid":300053149,"termtype":"Techniques"},{"id":2162892,"term":"jadéite","aatid":300011121,"termtype":"Materials"}],"classifications":[{"id":2055224,"classification":"jades"},{"id":2055437,"classification":"figurines"}],"cultures":[{"id":12498,"culture":"Olmec","alphasort":"Olmec","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayculture":"Olmec","displaydate":null}],"cultureterms":[{"id":2035751,"culture":"Olmec"}],"periods":[{"id":24010,"period":"Middle Formative Period","alphasort":"Formative Period, Middle","begindate":-1000,"enddate":-400,"displayperiod":"Middle Formative Period","displaydate":null}],"periodterms":[{"id":2035652,"period":"Middle Preclassic"}],"attribute_groups":[{"id":2199317,"term":"Art of the Ancient Americas","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"Overall","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"6.00"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"2.50"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Depth","units":"centimeters","dimension":"3.30"}],"packages":[{"packageid":223470,"name":"2023_ART365/LAS370/ANT365_04_11"}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/2005-110"],"displaymaker":null,"displayculture":"Olmec","displayperiod":"Middle Formative Period","caption":"Olmec, Middle Formative Period, 900–600 BCE, Gulf Coast, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Seated transformation figure. 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