Description
Pale bluish-green jadeite.
Mexico; provenience unknownOlmec culture 900-500 B.C. Ht. 11.8 cm (4 .6") A compact Olmec deity with finely incised symbolic iconography, highlighted with red cinnabar. The eyes are three-pronged, the jaguar mouth is fanged, and the arms are folded across the abdomen. The hands grasp implements or staffs. A three-petalled floral motif is central to the forehead, with crossed-bands motifs at the neck and above the loincloth.
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