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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Standing Male Figure

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

    Jadeite with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2002.15.4
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Head, originally from a Figure, reused as a Pendant

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

    Greenstone (probably jadeite) with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1986.134.10
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Seated Corpulent Figure

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–1000 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.2
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Cylindrical Seal

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–900 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2015.1.5
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Seated Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–1000 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.6
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view