Three Preclassic Objects ca.1200-100 B.C.

comprising an Olmec serpentine fragmentary figure holding knuckle-duster and torches, a small Sultepec tecali mask with prominent nose, and a large Olmec ceramic rollerstamp deeply carved with a bird, with remains of red pigment.

As shown , loss of Olmec stone figure PR leg, small chip on the roller stamp , and very minor small old chip to PL side of nose on the Chontal mask.
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The ritual 'knuckleduster' is thought to be a carved conch shell;  see the figure in the Dumbarton Oaks collection, Townsend (1998: 200, Fig. 14).