Sculpted primarily from green-colored stone, these brilliantly polished figures attest to the Olmec mastery of balanced form. Olmec artists placed emphasis on infantile qualities -- exposed gums, squalling mouth, smooth, fleshy body, bald head - to create male figures representing the supernatural. This figure type would have been arranged or manipulated in ritual. The figure's arms and legs have been intentionally mutilated, a practice common to the termination of Olmec sacred objects.