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This greenstone maskette fragment depicts the lower portion of a face with a downturned mouth that is typical of Olmec art from the 1st millennium B.C. The artist incised the cheeks with geometric designs and they were then filled with red pigment. Two holes under the chin could have held pendant beads as part of a larger set of ritual regalia.
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Title: Mask Fragment
Date: 10th–6th century BCE
Geography: Mexico, Mesoamerica
Culture: Olmec
Medium: Serpentinite
Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 x W. 2 5/16 x D.1 1/2 in. (6.1 x 5.9 x 3.8 cm)
Classification: Stone-Ornaments
Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Object Number: 1979.206.563
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