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West Mexico
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Themes in
Olmec sculpture:
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Mythic images
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| Sexual union of jaguar and woman | |
| Figures emerging from caves | |
| Figure holding baby with mask-like head | |
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Effigies of
supernatural beings
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Human figures
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| Earth/ jaguar/ rulership imagery | |
Mythic image: sexual union of jaguar and woman
Monument
1 at San Lorenzo. Olmec. 900 - 800 BC.
Townsend,
Richard F. ed. The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes. Chicago:
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.
Mythic image: figures emerging from caves
Altar
4 at La Venta
Miller,
Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 1996.
Hero
Twins? San Lorenzo. Early Formative.
Miller,
Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 1996.
Mythic image: figure holding a baby with mask-like head
Las
Limas Figure. Olmec. Middle Formative.
Townsend,
Richard F. ed. The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes. Chicago:
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.
Inscriptions
on the shoulders and knees of Las Limas figure
Coe,
Michael D. and Rex Koontz. Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Fifth
edition. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2002.
Votive
figure presenting masked baby
Townsend,
Richard F. ed. The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes. Chicago:
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.
Effigies of supernatural beings
Kunz
Axe. Olmec. Middle Formative.
Townsend,
Richard F. ed. The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes. Chicago:
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.
Human figures
Offering
4. La Venta.
Middle Formative.
Miller,
Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 1996.
Hollow
Baby. Las Bocas. Early/ Middle Formative.
Miller, Mary
Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and Hudson,
1996.
Wrestler
. Olmec. Early Formative.
Miller,
Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 1996.
Earth/ jaguar/ rulership imagery
Petroglyph
I, "El Rey" at Chalcatzingo. Olmec. Middle Formative.
Miller,
Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 1996.
West Mexico
Dog
with Human Mask. Colima. Late Formative
Miller,
Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 1996.
The Ball Game
Nayarit-style
ceramic ballcourt model
Miller,
Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica. Revised edition. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 1996.
Ball player. 700 - 900 BC