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By CATALIN ABAGIU/Missourian
April 18, 2008 | 12:00 a.m. CDT
A shell gorget with a jaguar engraved on it is exhibited on Feb. 25 at the Museum of Art and Archaeology at MU. The gorget, estimated to be about 2,000 years old, was discovered in Fairfield Mound 2 in Benton County, by Ray Wood and is part of the “Before Columbus” exhibit at the museum.