THE SHARK-MONSTER IN OLMEC ICONOGRAPHY - Imaginary Year
THE SHARK-MONSTER IN OLMEC ICONOGRAPHY - Imaginary Year
THE SHARK-MONSTER IN OLMEC ICONOGRAPHY - Imaginary Year
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PHILIP J. ARNOLD III, “The Shark-Monster in Olmec Iconography”<br />
Mesoamerican Voices, 2 (2005)<br />
Figure 17. Shark-monster tails serving as foundations for the world tree: (a) unprovenienced celt with crossed bands and<br />
finning found on the Young Lord shark monster. Redrawn from Taube 2000:Figure 6d; (b) detail of incised celt from Rio<br />
Pesquero with finning. Redrawn from Benson and de la Fuente 1996: Catalog 117; (c) detail of incised headdress on a celt<br />
from Tabasco. Note bifurcated tail and crossed-band motif adopted from Las Bocas shark-monster. Redrawn from Benson<br />
and de la Fuente 1996:Catalog 116.<br />
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