An Olmec Buffware Bowl (Tecomate), ca. 1000 - 600 BCE Byzantine Condition: Minor chips around the

Condition: Minor chips around the foot

split among two firms

and an animal's tail suspended from the back of the apron

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that was attached to the plait of a young girl as a charm to prevent drowning

An Olmec Buffware Bowl (Tecomate), ca. 1000 - 600 BCE Byzantine Condition: Minor chips around theThis finely made bowl features a full, round shape with a wide mouth. Made of a kaolin like clay, its walls are thin and burnished to a high gloss. Although undecorated, the pleasing color variation on the outer surface ranges from beige to grey to light brown and orange red. These early Olmec bowls typically have a globular shape with a small opening at the top. A potter carefully built the thin walled vessels using a coil technique with a kaolin