Funerary urn in form of feline warrior god sitting cross-legged
Life Story
Provenance
Acquired by the Wellcome institute in 1931 from a sale in Paris of the ethnographic collections formerly belonging to surrealist writers Paul Eluard and Andre Breton.
Donated to the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia by the Wellcome Trust in 1981.
Not on display
Title/Description: Funerary urn in form of feline warrior god sitting cross-legged
Object Type: Figure
Materials: Terracotta
Measurements: h. 270 x w. 246 x d. 232 mm
Accession Number: 40114
Production Place: Mesoamerica, Mexico, The Americas
Credit Line: Donated by the Wellcome Trust, 1981
