Drawing of Three Incised Plaques

Artist
Schele or Reilly?
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
7 x 11 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-4513
Annotations
La Venta; Incised Celts - Offering 1942-C, Mound A-2 La Venta Guerrero, Rubin de la Borbollo, pl 96; Incised plaque (Olmec World #233)
Bibliography

Schele, Linda. 1995. "The Olmec Mountain and Tree of Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology". Olmec World : Ritual and Rulership: 5: 106, Fig. 1c, 1d, 3d; 311, Object 233

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Site Found
La Venta; Guerrero
Geographic Region
Mexico
Chronological Period
Pre Classic - Formative
Culture
Olmec
Subject Dimensions
Right hand plaque =
Description

Two incised celts from Offering 1942-C, Mound A-2, La Venta, and one unprovenienced incised plaque.

Notes or Gallery Text

Plaque from Upper Balsas River Basin; made of serpentine.

Subject Bibliography

Olmec World

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