“Being able to recognize a face is one of those fundamental survival skills.”
Curator Joanne Pillsbury on an ancient Olmec mask.
Face
Joanne Pillsbury
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Contributors
Joanne Pillsbury
Andrall E. Pearson Curator, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Andrall E. Pearson Curator, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Photography by Oi-Cheong Lee
Art Mentioned
Olmec artist(s)
900–400 BCE
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