Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design

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Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design,

1100–900 BCE

Olmec
Early Formative Period (Manantial phase)
y1985-23

Information

Title
Miniature cylindrical vessel with geometric Olmec design
Dates

1100–900 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 4.0 cm., diam. 4.8 cm. (1 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jeanette and Myer Bello
Object Number
y1985-23
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Central Mexico, Tlapacoya

Culture
Olmec
Period
Early Preclassic, Middle Preclassic
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

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