https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/79285/fullJaguar effigy jarca. 1200–1400[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@19c96]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@19c96EarthenwareThis large Pataky Polychrome jaguar effigy jar is pear-shaped with a slightly constricted neck and slightly everted rim. It has hollow tripod feet (with rattles) in the shape of the jaguar's two rear legs, with the third serving as the jaguar's tail. The snarling jaguar head has prominent fangs (one of which is broken) and is attached to the upper vessel body below the neck. The jaguar's three-dimensional front legs or arms are bent at the elbows, with its paws resting on the knees of the rear legs. The vessel has a tan body with extensive black and red stylized decorations around neck, down the sides, and on the legs. The jaguar represents a sun-devouring Mesoamerican god; the smaller "silhouette-jaguars" on the arms, legs, tail/rear support, around the neck, and in the bands of upper decoration under the lip and circling the vessel shoulder may depict the stars revealed by approaching darkness. Rattles in the hollow legs are formed by clay balls. Guanacaste/Nicoya (Costa Rica)com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@61https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/40645/rdf