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title: Olmec "Baby" Figurine
author: Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.)
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/921/olmec-baby-figurine/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Olmec "Baby" Figurine

_Authored by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.)_

## Image File

[![Olmec "Baby" Figurine](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/921.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/921.jpg)

## Image Caption

A life-size ceramic 'baby' figurine from the [Olmec civilization](https://www.worldhistory.org/Olmec_Civilization/) of Mexico, Mesoamerica, 12th-9th century BCE. The significance of these figures, often depicting infantile gestures, is not clear. They may represent deities or royalty. Provenance: Las Bocas in Puebla. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

## Bibliography

- [http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/50005989](http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/50005989 "http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/50005989"), accessed 1 Dec 2016.

## Cite This Work

### APA
N.Y.), M. H. (. a. t. M. M. o. A. (2012, October 15). Olmec "Baby" Figurine. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/921/olmec-baby-figurine/>
### Chicago
N.Y.), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,. "Olmec "Baby" Figurine." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 15, 2012. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/921/olmec-baby-figurine/>.
### MLA
N.Y.), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,. "Olmec "Baby" Figurine." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Oct 2012, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/921/olmec-baby-figurine/>.

## License & Copyright

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