Olmec pottery figurine (Mexico).The use of fine white kaolin clay gives the figurine a lifelikequali
Olmec pottery figurine (Mexico).The use of fine white kaolin clay gives the figurine a lifelikequality, and traces of vivid red paint are still visible. A rarefind of a group of standing Olmec figurines, arranged in asemicircle, were apparently engaging in collective veneration ofworship; this figurine may once had been part of a similar scene. Itis 15.5cm high. -- source link
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