"Being able to recognize a face is one of those fundamental survival skills."
Curator Joanne Pillsbury on an Olmec mask.
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This 3,000-year-old Olmec face was made to last. What can we learn from it?
"Being able to recognize a face is one of those fundamental survival skills."
Joanne Pillsbury
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Olmec artist(s)
900–400 BCE