Olmec WereJaguar Jade Mask

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Available for Purchase • [email protected] • www.galeriacontici.net • In the ancient Americas, skilled craftspeople made luxurious goods restricted for the right and the entitled. Their culture crafted these prized objects for ritual and regalia, using their most valued materials. Jade, rather than gold, was the most precious substance to the Olmecs and the Maya in Mesoamerica, and the Incas and their predecessors in the Andes valued feathers and textiles above all. • Uncover the awe-inspiring craftsmanship of this Pre-Columbian Olmec were-jaguar transformation mask, originating from Mexico to Guatemala and dating back to around 900 to 600 BCE. Meticulously carved from dark green omphacite jade, this expressive masterpiece features a square jaw, feline eyes, and a trapezoidal mouth with a flared upper lip, creating a strikingly realistic feline face. The absence of a typical headband allows for a more dramatic expression, surpassing even the most theatrical Olmec visages known. Delve into the details, from bean-shaped eyes with drilled pupils to prominent nasolabial folds emphasizing curved fangs. • This exceptional full maskette, measuring 4.1″ W x 5.3″ H, showcases additional features like lengthy ear flaps and an impressed striation on the top of the head. Explore the significance of the green color and jaguar symbolism, reflecting growth, renewal, and power in the pre-Columbian world. The Olmec would have considered this jade mask an exceedingly valuable and rare piece of ceremonial art. • Explore this mask’s remarkable attention to detail, highlighting expressive lips, a cleft palette in the jaguar mouth, a full nose with pierced nostrils, stylized elliptical-shaped eyes, and partially drilled circular motifs at the mouth corners. Unraveling the meanings of Olmec masks, scholars speculate on the symbolic significance of green – linked to vibrant growth, renewal, and cyclical rejuvenation after death. Delve into the pre-Columbian worldview, where jaguar imagery represented power and might – Warriors, rulers, hunters, and shamans all identified with this formidable creature, the largest and most powerful feline in the New World. • Measures: 5.25”/13.33 cm H; 4”/10.16 cm W; 2.25”/5.71 cm D.; Over 7.25”/18.41 cm on custom upward projected metal stand. • Polished face with partly smooth back. No fractures. Completely intact in choice condition. • Accompanied by a hardbound CIRAM Scientific Analysts attesting to its authenticity and Ruffner Art Advisory Fair Market Value report. • Price upon request - • https://galeriacontici.net/listings/o...

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