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Plaque with Line Engravings71.174.4
Gift of Ernest E. Erickson
- Culture
- Mixtec
- Material
- jade stone
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Adze35.559
ChiselT/22262
- Culture
- Eskimo
- Material
- jade stone
- Made in
- Norton Sound, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Vase36.269
Spoon with Incised DesignsL73.15.1
Carved jade spoon with incised designs filled with red pigment (probably cinnabar). The spoon's slim handle widens into a bowl and then narrows into a smaller concave extension. The bowl is incised with a face in profile with typical Olmec features including the thick, drooping lips. Two other abstract, eyeless profiles appear in front of and behind the main profile head suggesting a mask that has been cut away to reveal a human face. Behind the head, a hand-paw-wing motif represents an abbreviated version of the Olmec dragon. The three, lobed designs incised in concentric lines on either side of the bowl have been interpreted as jaguar fur. Based upon representations of clothing, ornaments and ceremonial paraphernalia on stone sculptures, spoon-like objects appear to have been used by high-status individuals as insignia and worn (when there are drill holes) as pectoral ornaments. These spoons may have also been used by shamans for the consumption of hallucinogens to induce visions.
- Culture
- Olmec
- Material
- jade stone and red pigment
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Pendant with Three Drops35.567a-d
Pendant35.598
Pendant35.584
Pendant35.549
Pendant35.592