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Kneeling Figure
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About this work
Outside of the Maya, Olmec sculptures of humans have a naturalism unknown in other Mesoamerican artistic traditions. On this finely carved figure, the musculature of the arms, torso, and legs is carefully depicted, and even the fingernails and toenails and are shown.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineKneeling Figure, c. 1200–600 BCE. Mexico, Guerrero, Olmec. Stone; overall: 26.3 x 20 x 21.3 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1951.179
