Middle Preclassic period, ca. 900-300 B.C., carved in serpentine, the figure standing with large elongated head, pierced ears, arms at his side, triangular 'loincloth', and shortened legs that bend backwards
h. 5-3/4 w. 2-1/2 d. 1-3/8 in.

For a similar treatment of 'loincloth', see the standing figure in the Dumbarton Oaks collection, accession number PC.B.014; For a similarly modeled figure, see the jade anthropomorphic figure in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.71.73.327

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