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Image:  265

File date:  2003-02-04

Caption:  Olmec Jade

Description:  OLmec. jade 5.6 cm. Handle of perforator or awl. Generally know as the were-jaguar type. Suggest this type of image may the precursor to the Maya Maize god emerging form the corn blossom. Compare with K5671 in the Maya Vase Database..



Photograph by Justin Kerr