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Olmec Sculpture of a Seated Infant Were-Jaguar - PF.0256, Origin: Xochipala, Mexico, Circa: 1000 BC to 600 BC, Dimensions: 4.125" (10.5cm) high, Catalogue: V2, Collection: Pre-Columbian, Style: Olmec, Medium: Terracotta. We are drawn to the hypnotic power of this little figure, whose startled features identify him as a were-creature, the offspring of man mated with beast. These supernatural babies were of central importance to the Olmec religion, though their exact significance has been lost--like the culture that created them--in the mists of time. In the presence of this intriquing baby we are transported to a world somehow younger, more primal and mysterious than our own.
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