Plaque
Plaque

Currently not on view

Plaque,

1000–500 BCE

Olmec style
Middle Formative Period
1996-11

Information

Title
Plaque
Dates

1000–500 BCE

Medium
Jade with traces of cinnabar
Dimensions
h. 8.5 cm., w. 7.8 cm., d. 0.5 cm. (3 3/8 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1996-11
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Guerrero

Culture
Olmec
Period
Middle Preclassic
Type
jades, plaques
Materials
jade, incising
Subject
were-jaguars, mythology, iconography, profiles (figures), figures (representations), zoomorphic, shamans

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