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A quintessential Olmec piece that displays a clefted head, the typical were-jaguar mouth and the so-called flaming eyebrows, the original use of this remarkable piece was probably religious in nature.


Anthropomorphic axe
Olmec
Middle Pre-Classic (1000-600 B.C.)
Unknown
Greenstone
22 x 9 cm.
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico.

Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara