The Felidae in pre-Columbian Panama: A thematic approach to their imagery and symbolism

Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 77-121

  Cooke, Richard ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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