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..
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Photograph by Justin Kerr
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