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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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