Seated Figure
https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.390
Like their contemporaries, the Olmec made figurines but of greenstone rather than clay. This one, whose identity and use are mysterious, holds objects that may address nature's fertility: on the right, perhaps a cut conch shell that refers to water, and on the left, what may b...
Artifact
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120633
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en
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import
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accession
1941.39
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Terms
Culture
Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec
Technique
albitite
Medium
albitite
Genre
Jade
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
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