Carved Bowl

1200–300 BCE Overall: 13.3 x 23.5 x 10.2 cm (5 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 4 in.) Source image
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Containers made of translucent white travertine, known among the later Aztecs as tecali, are rare in Olmec artistic production. The shape of this elegant example, its rim pinched inward at the center, may refer to a squash. The meaning of the deeply carved abstract motifs, whi...

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