Basalt Votive Ax
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Dec 1948
name: label: Donor Name
content: Georgetown University
notes: label: Notes
content: From Olmec website (http://anthropology.si.edu/olmec), 2004: "Votive ax carved into basalt. 'This ax is a stylized depiction of the Olmec dragon, known as God I.' (Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World: pg. 141). Ax has characteristic Olmec features including cleft head, downturned mouth, and flame eyebrows."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South (not certain), Veracruz (not certain), Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 181344
label: USNM Number
content: A391993-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Votive Axe
physicalDescription: label: Unknown
content: 23.3 cm
label: Unknown
content: 12.2 cm
label: Unknown
content: 10.5 cm