Head from a Figure

1200-900 BC (Early Formative)

8.9 cm 12.1 cm 8.9 cm

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The head illustrates the typical Olmec-style fleshy face with facial features clustered together. The eyes are markedly slanted and slightly crossed, with pupils indicated by a sharp punctate in the clay. The well-defined horizontal ridge across the forehead may depict intenti...

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Purchased by John G. Bourne, Santa Fe, New Mexico, between 1940 and 1949 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.[1] from a shop in Santa Barbara, California
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संस्कृति
Olmec
माध्यम
earthenware

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