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Dumbarton Oaks Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology
Seven Matched Hollow Gold Jaguars from Peru’s Early Horizon
Heather Lechtman, Lee A. Parsons, William J. Young

This technological study considers seven hollow gold jaguars manufactured in the same workshop by one goldsmith or by a group of supervised craftsmen, and includes a discussion of the joining techniques used in assembling the twelve individual pieces that make up each jaguar.