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The Olmec Jades in the Exhibition of Mexican Art
05/1953 | 602 | 95
Pages: 162-165
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Author:
Digby, Adrian (Digby, Adrian)
Subjects
dates:
1950-1959
places:
Mexico / England / London
subjects:
Sculpture / Mexican / Pre-Columbian (American)
subjects:
Jades / Olmec / Exhibitions
subjects:
Archaeology / Excavations
subjects:
Jadeite
subjects:
Serpentine
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Jadeite Reclining Figure, from Tzintzuntzan. Height, 10.9 cm. (Musco Regional Michoacano.)
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Jadeite Figure of a Dwarf, from Cerro de las Mesas. Height, 12.1 cm. (Museo National de Antropologia, Mexico.)
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Jadeite Ceremonial Adze with Jaguar God Effigy. Height, 29.1 cm. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
19. Jadeite Pectoral Showing Relief Treatment of the 'Olmec Mouth'. (Musco National de Antropologia, Mexico.)
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Serpentine Mask. (M. Covarrubias.) (Reproduced by Permission of Cassell & Co. Ltd.)
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Serpentine Mask. Height, 12.1 cm. (Peabody Museum, Harvard University.)
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Jadeite Plaque. Height, 10.5 cm. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
23. Detail of Fig. 22, Retouched to Show the Eyes before the Secondary Drilling to Make Irises.