Votive Adze “Kunz Axe,” c. 1200-500 B.C.E., jadeite, 31 x 16 x 11 cm, Olmec Formative Period (American Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.)
Key terms and concepts
- Mesoamerica
- Olmec culture
- jade/jadeite or greenstone
- Gulf Coast of Mexico
- votive
- were-jaguar
Additional resources:
Olmec art on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (by Dr. James Doyle)
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