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Olmec

Head pendant

Olmec, 1200

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Olmec

Head pendant

Olmec, 1200

Physical Qualities Earthenware, 2 1/16 × 1 3/8 × 3/8 in. (5.3 × 3.5 × 1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCavitt, Plantation, Florida
Object Number 1993.353
Hollow head shows the proper left side of Olmec supernatural with crenellated ear flange. Right side abbreviated with single curving incision. Openings on upper sides suggest the head was strung as a pendant.

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