File:Olmec Figurine holding infant (Met).jpg

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Summary

A greenstone (serpentine) figurine showing a a male (per Joralemon) or female (per Coe) "presenting" a were-jaguar infant, a common theme in Olmec art. The adult is seated on what Joralemon calls a "Cloud Throne".
Middle Classic Period; Height: 11.4 cm (4.5 in)

References

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  • Joralemon, Peter David (1996) "[Catalogue #]53. Figure Seated on a Throne with Infant on Lap", in Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, eds. E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., ISBN 0-89468-250-4, pp. 218.

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