Composite Drawing of Four Objects Including Two Celts and Two Figurines

Autor
Schele or Reilly?
Material
Black ink on mylar
Dimensiones de Objeto
5 1/2 x 11 in
Colección de Objeto
La Colección de Dibujos de Linda Schele
Numero de Objeto
SD-4519
Anotaciónes
Arroyo Pequero; Unknown; Incised Spoon; MNAH (Olmec Art # 98); Dumbarton Oaks; Standing Figure. Museo Del Estado de Puebla - Olmec Art #49
Bibliografía

Schele, Linda. 1995. "The Olmec Mountain and Tree of Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology". Olmec World : Ritual and Rulership: 5:107, Fig. 6b, 8a; E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:254-255, No. 98; 208-209, No. 47

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Sitio Encontrado
Arroyo Pesquero; San Cristobal Tepotlaxco
Región Cronológico
Pre Classic - Formative
Cultura
Olmec
Dimensiones de Sujeto
b = 22.5 x 7.2 x 2 c
Institución o Colección de Sujeto
B: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City; C: Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.; D: Museo del Estado de Puebla
Descripción

Two incised celts and two figurines. Left-most A: Incised celt with image of vegetation growing from cleft forehead of were-jaguar character who holds a bundle of sticks in both hands; B: Clamshell pendant with incised prone figure with torch and knuckle duster; C: Standing figurine holding torch & knuckle duster; D: Large standing figure with arms at side and wearing incised loincloth

Notas

A: from Rio Pesquero; C: from San Cristobal Tepotlaxco; D: jade from Puebla. Check data against info in OLMEC CAT.

Bibliografía de Sujeto

Olmec Art and Olmec World?

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