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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Figure of an Infant

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Chlorite, white flecked green stone

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.15
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Olmec,Gulf Coast
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Maskette

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Dark stone, jadeite, (possibly with modern finish)

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.9
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Olmec, Gulf Coast
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period to Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Incised celt

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Jadeite with albite and muscovite

    Accession Number: 
    1959.55.7
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Olmec, Central Mexico or Gulf Coast
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Ritual Objects
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Figurine head fragment

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1960.44.6
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Olmec, Gulf Coast
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center