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    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

    Celt with Incised Design

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

    Greenstone with red pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2010.228.5
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Ritual Objects
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Celt

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

    Greenstone

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.16
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Ritual Objects
    Status: 
    On view