Anthropomorphic Pendant - Mexico - Circa 300 Bc - 450 Ad

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PENDANT 
Olmec transition Teotihuacan ?, Mexico 
Around 300 BC - 450 AD 
Veined and crystallised green stone
H. 8.5 cm, length 3.2 cm
(restorations) 

Small pendant depicting an anthropomorphic figure carved in half-boss to fit into the spatulated axe: on the upper half, the face is animated by two large eyes with full pupils, a mouth with generous lips and long ears on the temples; there is a transverse hole in the forehead. The second half is stylised, incised with an isosceles triangle and bevelled - a reference to the shape of an axe blade. 

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