Jade use in Mesoamerica - Wikipedia
WEBJade was shaped into a variety of objects including, but not limited to, figurines, celts, ear spools (circular earrings with a large hole in the center), and teeth inlays (small decorative pieces inserted into the incisors).
Celt with Incised Profile - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBAfter about 1000 B.C., Olmec and Maya peoples depicted maize deities as their societies became more proficient at growing this staple crop. Even without incised imagery, hard, polishable jadeite, celts symbolized sprouts of maize.
Jade in Mesoamerica | Essay - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBThey included human figures, human-animal composite depictions (thought to be deity images), celts (axes) both plain and incised, and personal ornaments such as earflares and beads.
Olmec Jade Celt (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia
WEBAug 3, 2022 — A polished jade celt or ceremonial axehead from the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica. The Olmec ritually buried celts to appease the gods and guarantee future harvests, particularly of maize which jade was associated with.
Celt | Olmec | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBAn Olmec sculptor created this celt, or axe, from a high-quality, blue-green jadeite. The petaloid (petal-shaped) celt was masterfully rounded and polished before likely being buried in a dedicatory assemblage.
Celt (tool) - Wikipedia
WEBIn archaeology, a celt / ˈsɛlt / is a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool similar to an adze, hoe, or axe. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone tool used during the early European Neolithic for felling trees and woodworking.
Olmec Jade - Smarthistory
WEBJade objects in Olmec style have been found throughout Mesoamerica and as far south as Costa Rica. Those found in areas of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, are decorated with different motifs and shapes from those found in the Olmec heartland, centered in present-day Southern Veracruz and Tabasco.
Offering #4, La Venta - Smarthistory
WEBGreenstone includes all green and bluish-green stones, with the most highly coveted form being jadeite, the American form of jade. Thirteen of the figures are composed of greenish serpentine, while two figures and all six of the celts are jade.
Olmec figurine - Wikipedia
WEBThe so-called were-jaguar motif runs through much of Olmec art, from the smallest jade to some of the largest basalt statues. The motif is found inscribed on celts, votive axes, masks, and on "elongated man" figurines.
WEBThe Humboldt Celt is a ritualistic jade axe head dating from ca. 450 B.C.E., which places it at the end of the Olmec civilization that was active in the tropical south-central lowlands of Mexico from
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