Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Images(2)

Seated Male Figure

Maker Olmec, Mexico

Date1000-300 BCE

Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America

MediumLimestone, traces of pigment

Dimensions8 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (21 x 11.1 x 8.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.

Object numberS-82-75

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionSeated male figure with legs flexed and pulled up torso, arms at side, hands on knees, wide bony shoulders, large head, jutting jaw, were-jaguar mouth with extended tongue, wide flat nose, bulbous rectangular eyes, low crown of head, back of figurine is very rough; traces of pigment on surface of figure.