Feline Altar

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"This majestic sculpture of a feline predator towers above its irregular volcanic stone base. Depicted with precision, the image most likely represents either a jaguar or a puma, both apex predators in the New World." ~ James A. Doyle, Ph.D.\nDate: The 1st century B.C. through A.D. the 1st century\nGeography: Mexico and Mesoamerica's Chiapas region\nCulture: Izapan civilization\nMedium: Volcanic stone carvings\nDimensions: 20 inches high x 24.5 inches wide x 32.25 inches deep (50.8 cm x 62.2 cm x 81.9 cm)\nClassification: Sculpture crafted from volcanic stone\nCredit Line: A gift to the museum by Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1963, part of The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection\nAccession Number: 1978.412.22\n116 photographs captured with an iPhone 6S, processed using RealityCapture, xNormal, and Blender software.