Squatting Hunchbacked Dwarf with Cranial Deformation and Arms Crossed in Supplication Pose

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Squatting Hunchbacked Dwarf with Cranial Deformation and Arms Crossed in Supplication Pose

Mexico, Olmec, 1500–400 BCE
Stone
Volcanic stone
8 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (21.59 × 8.89 × 9.7 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.198)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1995.