Cylinder seal representing Tezcatlipoca (god of night and war) in jaguar disguise
date: label: Date created
content: 1500–500 BC (Early Formative period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Stendahl Galleries (Stendahl Gallery), 1911-
label: Seller
content: Stendahl Galleries (Stendahl Gallery), 1911-
label: Seller agent
content: Alfred E. Stendahl, Non-Indian, 1915-2010
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1967 from the Stendahl Galleries (Hollywood, California), owned and operated by Alfred Stendahl (1915-2010).
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place: label: Place
content: Temaxcalac (Temascalac); San Martín Texmelucan Municipality; Puebla State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Art and Printing tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/9587
label: Barcode
content: 239587.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Art and Printing tools
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Cylinder seal representing Tezcatlipoca (god of night and war) in jaguar disguise
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, incised