Title

Cylinder Seal

Description

This object was produced during the Middle Formative period and is attributed to the Olmec culture. This object is made out of ceramics and is currently on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Semester

Spring 2026

Subject

Indigenous Art

Morton D. May

Olmec

Saint Louis Art Museum

Ceramics

Temporal Coverage

900-300BCE

Spatial Coverage

Mexico, North and Central America

Language

The description of the object is in English

Medium

The object is made out of a ceramic material

Source

Saint Louis Art Museum

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9458/

Is Part Of

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Morton D. May

Identifier

194:1979

Provenance

1971
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA

1971 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc.

1979
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May

Explanation of Omeka Map Location

This object originated in Mexico, North and Central America