Drawing of Monument 44 Fragment Depicting Head and Headdress of Figure in Three-quarter Profile

Artist
Schele or Reilly?
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-4520
Annotations
La Venta; Monument 44 (Parque La Venta?)
Bibliography

Schele, Linda. 1995. "The Olmec Mountain and Tree of Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology". Olmec World : Ritual and Rulership: 5:108, Fig. 9b

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Site Found
La Venta
Geographic Region
Mexico
Chronological Period
Pre Classic - Formative
Culture
Olmec
Description

Fragment of Monument 44 with were-jaguar headdress and large, were-jaguar earrings.

Subject Bibliography

Olmec Cat

Exhibition Records
LACMA Olmec?

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