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 | See Also: Schele Photos for "" | |
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