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The Jaguar's Spots : Ancient Mesoamerican Art from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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- Creator
- By Traci Ardren ; Contributors, Julie K. Wesp, Gretel Rodriguez, Erica Sefton, Gabrielle Vail ; Spanish Translation by TransPerfect Translations
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- English, Spanish
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- Coral Gables, Florida : UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, LOWE ART MUSEUM, [2010]
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- 162 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780978821340, 0978821343
- OCLC
- ocn664134035
- "Published on the occasion of the exhibition, The Jaguar's Spots: Ancient Mesoamerican Art from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, June 26, 2010 through October 31, 2010"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161).
- English text with parallel Spanish translation; captions for illustrations of catalog in English.
- Preface and acknowledgements / Brian A. Dursum -- Introduction / Traci Ardren -- The lord of the night : jaguar iconography in the ancient art of Mexico and Central America / Traci Ardren -- Maintaining the cosmos : myth and ritual in Maya painted vessels / Gabrielle Vail -- Conversing with the gods : royal Maya rituals carved in stone / Gabrielle Vail -- Performing the creation of the world on the Miami Vase / Traci Ardren & Gabrielle Vail -- Divine beings and Oaxacan funerary urns in the collection of the Lowe Art Museum / Julie K. Wesp -- Marine life in the art of ancient Parita Bay, Panama / Erica Sefton -- Chicomecoatl, the Aztec maize goddess / Gretel Rodríguez -- Catalog / Traci Ardren