Urn Figure
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Urn Figure (c. 200–500 CE (thermoluminescence date, 60 BCE–390 CE). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.277

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The figure projecting from the front of a cylindrical container wears a mouth mask perhaps shaped as a serpent’s fanged upper jaw. It probably served in a tomb as a companion to a larger, more complex figural urn. Though termed "urns," these ceramics do not contain the cremated ashes of the dead but usually are found empty.

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A weathered, seated jade effigy depicting an Olmec deity with elaborate headdress and adornments.

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