. Ancient Mexico and Central America. Indian art; Indian art. The back of this remarkable granite carving indicates that it may originally have been part of a larger sculpture from which it was cut to form a mask-like plaque. The character of its strong features epitomizes the Olmec stylization of the man-jaguar face: the face is heavy, the nose flat and broad; the open mouth toothless with a jaguar-like snarl; the eyes curved downward at the sides and surmounted with llame-shaped eyebrows. The meaning of the notch at the center of the head seen in many Olmec objects is unknown. Stone face pan
. Ancient Mexico and Central America. Indian art; Indian art. The back of this remarkable granite carving indicates that it may originally have been part of a larger sculpture from which it was cut to form a mask-like plaque. The character of its strong features epitomizes the Olmec stylization of the man-jaguar face: the face is heavy, the nose flat and broad; the open mouth toothless with a jaguar-like snarl; the eyes curved downward at the sides and surmounted with llame-shaped eyebrows. The meaning of the notch at the center of the head seen in many Olmec objects is unknown. Stone face panel. Olmec. Height 6'/2 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Museum of Natural History; Boltin, Lee; Meyer, Alfred P. , 1935-. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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