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SOLID STANDING BABY FIGURE
Mexico, Las Bocas
Olmec culture
1100-500 B.C.
Burnished cream-slipped ceramic
Ht. 16.5 cm (6.5")
[F] 83.7.0.2
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GRACEFUL BIRD-EFFIGY PENDANT
Mexico, Guerrero
Late Olmec
900-500 B.C.
White-mottled sea-green jadeite
L. 11.5 cm (4.5")
[F]
90.10.0.1
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CARVED STONE MASK
Mexico; provenience unknown
Olmec culture
900-500 B.C.
Mottled greenstone
Ht. 13.3 cm (5.25")
[F] 91.120.0.2
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SERPENT FINIAL FOR STILETTO
Guatemalan Pacific Coast
Izapan style
200 B.C.-A.D. 200
Fine-grained black stone
L. 7.8 cm (3")
[F] 91.164.0.1
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STONE METATE WITH RELIEF TURTLE
Guatemalan Pacific Coast
Izapan style
Terminal Preclassic
200 B.C.-A.D. 200
Gray volcanic basalt
L. 31 cm (12.25"). W. 23.5 cm (9.25")
[F] 90.34.0.6
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TALL STYLIZED FIGURE STANDING ON FOUR-LEGGED BENCH
Honduras
Terminal Olmec style
700-500 B.C.
Carved dark greenstone
Ht. 31 cm (12.25")
[F] 87.34.0.1
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PERFORATED SHELL MASKETTE
Mexican Highlands (Las Bocas?)
Post-Olmec style
500-200 B.C.
Inlaid mother-of-pearl shell
Ht.8.3 cm (3.25")
[F] 91.122.0.1
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LARGE BOTTLE WITH GROOVED FISH
Mexico, Las Bocas
Olmec culture
1100-500 B.C.
Grooved ceramic with red cinnabar
Ht. 31.8 cm
[F] 91.118.0.1
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Author information: Justin Kerr, Lee Parsons
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