File:Olmec mask MIA.jpg
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English: Mask, c. 900-300 BCE
Olmec Jadeite, cinnabare The John R. Van Derlip Fund 2002.127 Not on Viewe 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. |
Date | circa 900-300 BCE |
Source | https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62148/mask-olmec |
Author | unknown artisan. Photo by museum |
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Author | Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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Original transmission location code | 62148 |