Male head with flame eyebrows over left eye
Male head with flame eyebrows over left eye
Male head with flame eyebrows over left eye
Male head with flame eyebrows over left eye

Currently not on view

Male head with flame eyebrows over left eye,

1000–800 BCE

Olmec style
Middle Formative Period
1998-226

Information

Title
Male head with flame eyebrows over left eye
Dates

1000–800 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 3.8 cm., w. 2.8 cm., d. 2.3 cm. (1 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sharrer in honor of Gillett G. Griffin on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Object Number
1998-226
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Puebla, Central Mexico, Las Bocas

Culture
Olmec
Period
Middle Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
heads, men, figures (representations)

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