Sculpture, Olmec Man

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Culture: Olmec Material: Green Serpentine/jade Dims: H 34cm W 13cm Accession No: L 003 Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick. Sculpture of a male figure with the arms and head mutilated. This figure shows features of Olmec carvings, downturned mouth, prominent flared lip, bent legs, flat nose, almond eyes and cleft head. Portable objects were made of imported jade and local greenstone. Early evidence of Olmec civilisation dates to 1,200 BC. They lived along the Mexican Gulf Coast, in the Veracruz and Tabusco states. The term Olmec is an Aztec word for the region Olman meaning ‘place of rubber’. More.

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The Hunt Museum preserves and exhibits the original artefacts gathered, over a lifetime, by John and Gertrude Hunt and known as the Hunt Collection. The Museum also displays its own collections, as well as visiting exhibitions of Local, National and International significance with the overall aim of maximising their cultural and educational potential for the people of Limerick and Ireland.

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