Jeanette Favrot Peterson discusses a wheeled jaguar figurine found in Veracruz, Mexico, c. A.D. 750-900.
- Type
- Art
- Source
- Jeanette Favrot Peterson Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Secondary
- Reference
Jeanette Favrot Peterson, Precolumbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Times in Mesoamerican Art (La Jolla, CA: Mingei Intl Museum of World Folk Art, 1990), 94
- Scribe/Publisher
- Mingei Intl Museum of World Folk Art
- People
- Jeanette Favrot Peterson
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
WHEELED JAGUAR
Veracruz, Gulf Coast, Mexico
Late Classic Veracruz: C. A.D. 750-900
Buff clay. H: 3”
Mr. William Schneider
Although the wheel was not put to practical use by New World man, perhaps because there were no draft animals, small wheeled clay figures are known from several regions of Precolumbian Mesoamerica. Wheeled dogs and jaguars are frequently found in graves and had ritualistic importance. The underworld symbolism of these animals made them suitable companions for the dead.
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