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Schele Number:  4517
Description:  Left = incised celt; right = blackstone scepter with composite image of were-jaguar with vegetation growing from cleft forehead; multiple knots in middle; and profile snake head at base.
Current Location:  right = Museo Regional de Antropologia Carlos Pellicer Camara, Mexico
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
Object Size:  right = 25 x 4.7 x 2
Iconographic Features:  Were-Jaguar; Serpent
Publications:  E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:258-259, No. 104
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