Olmec Sculpture Gallery
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Excavation of a Olmec Head, 1946. San Lorenzo, Mexico.
virtual-artifacts:Olmec jadeite mask of the Middle Formative Period, 900-600 BCE. Rio Pesquero area,
Archaeologists study a colossal Olmec stone head in La Venta, Mexico, 1947.
“The wrestler,” an Olmec sculpture from before 400 BCE.
Olmec sculpture of an infantile figure, perhaps representing a shaman in communion with the maize de
Olmec pottery figurine (1200 – 400 BC). Probably from San Juanico (Mexico), it is 21cm h
ancientart:Olmec monuments.Left is Monument 6, one of 8 colossal heads found at San Lorenzo Ten
Jadeite ornamental breastplate in the form of a human face (Olmec).It was reused (as an heirloom?) b
historicaltimes:Archaeologists study a colossal Olmec stone head in La Venta, Mexico, 1947. via redd
archaeoart:Mexican boy in front of Olmec head, Mexico, date unknown.
Votive axe or celt (Olmec, Mexico), made of aventurine (a type ofquartz, usually green).The figure h
Kneeling human figurine, made of a jade-like stone (Olmec or Aztec,Mexico). Both earlobes are
Black stone figurine (Olmec), 8.4cm high.
Olmec pottery figurine (Mexico).The use of fine white kaolin clay gives the figurine a lifelikequali
Olmec mask pendant (900 – 400 BC). Made of serpentinite, 13cmhigh.This pendant was reuse
ancientart:Baby figures of the Olmec culture. Both date to 1200-900 BCE, Mexico,
A photograph of archaeologists studying an Olmec stone head in Mexico taken from a 1947 issue of Nat
Jade votive axe Olmec, 1200-400 BC From Mexico The Olmec fashioned votive axes in the form of figure
Jade pectoral Olmec, Middle Preclassic period (1000-600 BC) From Mexico This pectoral (chest ornamen
A photograph of archaeologists studying an Olmec stone head in Mexico taken from a 1947 issue of Nat
equatorjournal: Stone head from La Venta, Olmecan culture. From “Art in Latin American archite
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