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MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
Details
OLMEC JADE PENDANT
MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
in the form of a standing hunchback with arms clasped to the chest, wearing an incised loincloth; in translucent green stone with remains of red pigment.
Height 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.)
MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
in the form of a standing hunchback with arms clasped to the chest, wearing an incised loincloth; in translucent green stone with remains of red pigment.
Height 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.)
Provenance
In a European collection since 1980
Further details
Cf. Olmec World, fig. 19. for the type
In Mesoamerican mythology hunchbacks were considered to be imbued with supernatural powers. Even the Maya and Aztecs rulers kept hunchbacks in their courts to serve as 'go-betweens' to the otherworld.
In Mesoamerican mythology hunchbacks were considered to be imbued with supernatural powers. Even the Maya and Aztecs rulers kept hunchbacks in their courts to serve as 'go-betweens' to the otherworld.