Photo Collection of Stephanie Wood |
Kislak Collection -- Olmec Objects |
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JADE FIGURE Mexico; provenience unknown Olmec culture 900-500 B.C.E. Pale bluish-green jadeite 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. [Source: http://www.jayikislakfoundation.org/collections_olmec.html] |
| The Jay I. Kislak Collection of pre-Columbian cultural heritage materials is owned by the Library of Congress. Photograph shot and presented here with permission. |
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©2004, by
Stephanie Wood. |