Can we stipulate to the usual caveats? I'm a poor photographer with a mediocre camera, etc, etc.
Note that many objects I (and the museum) label as "jade" could equally well be jadeite or even other minerals.
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| Jaguar. Monument 7, San Lorenzo, Veracruz |
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| Colossal head. Monument 2, San Lorenzo, Veracruz. |
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| Colossal head. Monument 2, San Lorenzo, Veracruz. Another view. |
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| Detail. Colossal head. Monument 2, San Lorenzo, Veracruz. |
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| Alvarado Stela. Columnar basalt. Late Olmec. In low relief, it shows a bearded man richly adorned striding toward a captive (not visible in this view). |
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| Alvarado Stela. Detail. |
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| Alvarado Stela. Close up. |
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| Monkey. Monument 12, La Venta, Tabasco. |
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| Monkey. Monument 12, La Venta, Tabasco. Detail. |
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| Monkey. Monument 12, La Venta, Tabasco. Detail. |
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| Seated male (?) holding were-jaguar infant in his arms. Monument 12, San Lorenzo, Tabasco. |
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| Monument 19, La Venta, Tabasco. Seated man (?) holding bag, surrounded by serpent (rattlesnake). |
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| Monument 19, La Venta, Tabasco. Seated man (?) holding bag, surrounded by serpent (rattlesnake). |
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| Monument 19, La Venta, Tabasco. Detail of serpent's head. |
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| Monument 19, La Venta, Tabasco. Detail. |
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| Monument 19, La Venta, Tabasco. Detail. |
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| Olmec ceramic figurine. Middle Preclassic. |
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| Olmec sculpture. Bearded man in "wrestler" pose. "Late" Olmec (600-100 B.C. according to the label) |
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| Another view of the "Wrestler." |
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| Another view of the "Wrestler" showing its three-dimensionality and polyaxiality. |
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| Another view of the "Wrestler" showing its three-dimensionality and polyaxiality. |
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| Ceramic vessel, La Venta, Tabasco. Calzadas Carved? Paw-wing motif? |
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| Ceramic vessel, La Venta, Tabasco. Zoned post-fire incision. |
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| Ceramic vessel, La Venta, Tabasco. Zoned post-fire incision. Detail. |
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| Black-slipped Olmec ceramic vessel. La Venta, Tabasco. |
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| Olmec figurine, female, La Venta, Tabasco. |
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| Olmec figurine, female, La Venta, Tabasco. |
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| Olmec mask. |
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| Olmec jade statuettes, |
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| Olmec jade celt. |
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| Olmec jade. |
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| Olmec jade statuette. |
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| Olmec jades. |
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| Olmec jades from offerings at La Venta, Tabasco. |
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| Olmec jades from offerings at La Venta, Tabasco. Note incised earflares with cinnabar. |
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| Olmec jades from offerings at La Venta, Tabasco. Incised earflare rubbed with cinnabar. |
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| Olmec jades from offerings at La Venta, Tabasco. Incised earflare rubbed with cinnabar. |
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| Olmec jades from offerings at La Venta, Tabasco. |
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| Olmec jade perforator/bloodletter,. |
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| Olmec jades. |
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| Olmec jade statuette. |
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| Olmec jade hands. |
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| Olmec jade hand, close up. |
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| Olmec jades. |
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| Olmec jade earflares. |
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| Olmec mirror. |
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| Olmec jade celts. |
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| Olmec jades. |
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| Olmec jades celts with incised designs. |
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| Olmec jade celts with incised designs accompanied by drawings of the designs. |
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| Detail of Olmec jade celt with incised design. |
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| Detail of Olmec jade celt with incised design. |
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| Olmec jades. |
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| Olmec colossal head. Monument 17, San Lorenzo, Veracruz. |
