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Site:  La Venta
Schele Number:  4514
Description:  Incised celts, including, left to right: a = celt from offering 1942-c, mound a-2; b = celt with incised human profile and hand motif; c = profile with vegetation sprouting from cleft forehead; d = carved frontal face.
Current Location:  A = Museo Nacional De Antropologia, Mexico City; B = Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Notes:  See also sd4512. a = jade from la venta, tabasco; b = jade from tabasco
Culture:  Olmec
Object Size:  a = 14 x 7.5 x 2.7 c
Iconographic Features:  Vegetation
Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:106, Fig. 3a, 3c; 262, Fig. 1
E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:267, No. 116
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Site:  Chalcatzingo
Schele Number:  4515
Description:  Stela 21.
Architectural Feature:  Stela
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Maya
Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:109, Fig. 12b
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Site:  Chiapas?
Schele Number:  4516
Description:  Seated figure with knuckle duster and stick bundle or brush
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
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Schele Number:  4517
Description:  Left = incised celt; right = blackstone scepter with composite image of were-jaguar with vegetation growing from cleft forehead; multiple knots in middle; and profile snake head at base.
Current Location:  Right = Museo Regional De Antropologia Carlos Pellicer Camara, Mexico
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
Object Size:  right = 25 x 4.7 x 2
Iconographic Features:  Were-jaguar; Serpent
Publications:  E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:258-259, No. 104
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Site:  La Venta
Schele Number:  4518
Description:  Monument 8 showing an animal with a double-headed snake in its mouth.
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
Iconographic Features:  Serpent
Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:111, Fig. 16b
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Site:  San Cristobal Tepotlaxco
Schele Number:  4519
Description:  Two incised celts and two figurines. left-most (a) = incised celt with image of vegetation growing from cleft forehead of were-jaguar character who holds a bundle of sticks in both hands; b = clamshell pendant with incised prone figure with torch and knuckle duster; c = standing figurine holding torch & knuckle duster; d = large standing figure with arms at side and wearing incised loincloth
Current Location:  B - Museo Nacional De Antropologia, Mexico City; C = Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.c.; D = Museo Del Estado De Puebla
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Notes:  A = from rio pesquero; c = from san cristobal tepotlaxco; d = jade from puebla
Culture:  Olmec
Object Size:  b = 22.5 x 7.2 x 2 c
Iconographic Features:  Were-jaguar; Torch & Knuckle Duster; Vegetation
Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:107, Fig. 6b, 8a
E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:254-255, No. 98; 208-209, No. 47
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Site:  La Venta
Schele Number:  4520
Description:  Fragment of monument 44 with were-jaguar headdress and large, were-jaguar earrings.
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:108, Fig. 9b
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Site:  Pijijiapan
Schele Number:  4521
Description:  Carving c, stone 2.
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
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Site:  Rio Pesquero
Schele Number:  4522
Description:  Celt incised with profile head and ceremonial bundle.
Current Location:  The Cleveland Museum Of Art, Cleveland, Mo
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
Object Size:  24.8 cm
Iconographic Features:  God E, Maize God; Vegetation
Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:136, Fig. 3:5a
L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:106, Fig. 1a
E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:268-269, No. 117
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Schele Number:  4523
Description:  Celt incised to form a quincunx pattern with corn plants on axial points and individual, whose legs form a serpent head, carrying a serpent in his arms.
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:136, Fig. 3:56
L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:107, Fig. 7a
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Schele Number:  4524
Description:  Staff or scepter held by the young lord.
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:107, Fig. 5a
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Site:  El Viejon
Schele Number:  4525
Description:  Fragment of carved monument showing two figures facing each other.
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
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Schele Number:  4526
Description:  Monument z, showing a left-facing individual holding aloft a branch or stick bundle, two right-facing figures carrying spears, and one fallen individual.
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
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Site:  La Venta
Schele Number:  4527
Description:  Monument 19 showing a figure surrounded by large feathered-rattlesnake.
Architectural Feature:  Stela
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
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Site:  La Venta
Schele Number:  4528
Description:  Upper left = offering 4; below left = profile of mound a-2; right = monument 6
Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative
Culture:  Olmec
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