Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God

olmecmesoamericanPre-Columbianamericasearthenwareart of the americas

Date

800–400 BCE

Medium

Earthenware with burnished slip

Dimensions

9.8 × 9.8 cm (3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Standing Figurine

Olmec Veracruz, Mexico

Seated Female Figure

Olmec Gulf Coast, Mexico

Mask

Olmec Veracruz or Tabasco, Gulf Coast, Mexico