Cultures & Traditions

Olmec

Cultures & Traditions

Tlatilco

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Concave pectoral

Cultures & Traditions

Olmec Masks

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Bead: monkey profile

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Duck-head pendant

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Mask

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Celt

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Coiled serpent pendant

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Spoon pendant

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Miniature mask

Times & Places

Mesoamerica

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Hummingbird pendant

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Celt with incised plant motif

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Pendant: spoon with incised motif in bowl

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Pendant depicting composite animal

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Pendant: depicting a crocodile

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Seated ruler in ritual pose

In Focus

The History (Provenance) of the Olmec Seated ruler in ritual pose [1983.50]

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Standing figure with were-jaguar face

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Mask

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Seated hunchback holding mirror

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Seated "hollow baby"

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Standing male

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Tablet with incised symbols

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Spirit axe

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Reclining hunchback holding rectangular object

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Figurine bust fragment

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Pendant: bearded man

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Bead: human head

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Head-form pendant

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Spherical bead with four-point stars

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Kneeling male figure

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Anthropomorphic plaque, possibly the fire serpent

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Celt with incised masked figure

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Crouching male figure

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Standing female with hands on chest

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Seated "hollow baby"

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Standing figure

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Vessel: fish with open mouth