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POSSIBLY GUERRERO REGION, MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
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OLMEC SERPENTINE FIGURE
POSSIBLY GUERRERO REGION, MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
the slender-waisted figure with arms and legs ritually altered and shortened, in a relaxed posture with downward-sloping shoulders and carefully modeled musculature, the head distinguished by rounded cheeks, parted lips and deeply sunken eyes under arched brows and pierced, elongated ears; in deep green stone.
Height 5 1/8 in. (12.3 cm.)
POSSIBLY GUERRERO REGION, MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
the slender-waisted figure with arms and legs ritually altered and shortened, in a relaxed posture with downward-sloping shoulders and carefully modeled musculature, the head distinguished by rounded cheeks, parted lips and deeply sunken eyes under arched brows and pierced, elongated ears; in deep green stone.
Height 5 1/8 in. (12.3 cm.)
Provenance
Formerly in the Mr. L. Davis Collection, Hawaii, since the 1960s
Further details
Cf. Olmec World, fig. 19.
The Middle Preclassic is characterized by the appearance of finely carved small, portable stone sculpture in green stone or jade. Often bearing a composed stance these figures might relate to a ceremonial alignment with the axis mundi of Olmec mythology.
The Middle Preclassic is characterized by the appearance of finely carved small, portable stone sculpture in green stone or jade. Often bearing a composed stance these figures might relate to a ceremonial alignment with the axis mundi of Olmec mythology.