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OLMEC BLUE JADE CEREMONIAL CELT

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Item Details

Description

Title: OLMEC BLUE JADE CEREMONIAL CELT

Description: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A ceremonial hand tool of a highly-stylized ritual form with a were-jaguar figure.
This is an exquisite piece of art. The quality of the jade is impressive. Olmec celts like this were used for a votive function, perhaps carried in a ceremony and/or buried with its owner.

The value of jade for ancient people lay in its symbolic power: perhaps its color was associated with water and vegetation; later, the Maya would place jade beads in the mouths of the dead. Many scholars have argued that the demand for jade contributed to the rise of long distance trading networks and to the rise of urban centers in ancient Mesoamerica. This would have been an exceedingly valuable and rare piece of ceremonial art.

Provenance: Ex Alan Davis, ex private collection; New York, New York, USA

Date/Period: 900 - 500 BCE

Materials: Jade

Dimensions: Size: 2.5" W x 5.5" H

Reserve: $1,500.00

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