Standing Figurine
- Culture: Olmec
- Medium: Felsite, traces of red pigment
- Place Made: Veracruz, Mexico
- Dates: 800-500 B.C.E.
- Period: Preclassic Period or Middle Formative
- Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. (5.7 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm)
- Collections: Arts of the Americas
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: L75.15
- Credit Line: Collection of Christopher B. Martin
- Image: Overall, L75.15_transpc003.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Small figurine carved out of reddish-brown felsite with the typical Olmec drooping-lipped face. The figure also has features of an animal such as a cap with feline ears and a long, bushy tail at the back, both suggesting that he is wearing a costume of an animal, perhaps a jaguar. The figure has two small drill holes at the eyes and at the downturned corners of the mouth.
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