File:Olmec Mask, c. 900-300 BCE (33533768808).jpg

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Description This mask was created about 3000 years ago, perhaps as a portrait of a leader among the Olmec people of Mesoamerica (present-day southern Mexico). It was likely reserved for ceremonial use. An artist sculpted it from jadeite, then carved lines and highlighted them with a red mineral powder of mercury sulfide (cinnabar). These lines may replicate face paint or tattooing. The rare materials and symbolic designs, like the supernatural human-jaguar whose face hovers above the right eye, reflect the ruler's religious and political power. -- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Author Peter D. Tillman from USA

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Pete Tillman at https://flickr.com/photos/29050464@N06/33533768808. It was reviewed on 13 May 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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