wearing a helmet on his head, decorated with an incised design in the form of stylized hallucinogenic mushrooms and hatched patterns. He is presented standing asexual with his arms slightly open, symbolically directed towards the earth. His face displays a beautiful, powerful and hieratic expression, the feline lips evoking the link with his totem animal, the jaguar.
Beige terracotta, slightly coppered and smoothed in places, coffee red in reserve. Head broken and glued, the whole in a good general state of conservation.
Olmec, Mexico, 1150-500 B.C.
12.5 x 6.6 x 1.8 cm
Bibliography: The Jaguar's Children: Pre-Classic Central Mexico, Michael D.Coe, The Museum Of Primitive Art. New York, editions, New York Graphic Society, 1965, p.119, f.205, for a figure close to the former Everett Rassiga Inc. collection, NY
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