Tuxtla Statuette

The Tuxtla Statuette is a small rounded nephrite figurine about 6.5" high, and carved to resemble a squat, bullet-shaped human with a duck-like bill and wings. It is incised with glyphs of the Epi-Olmec or Isthmian script, two columns in the front and two in the back, one of the few extant examples of this very early Mesoamerican writing system. The front of the statuette is somewhat defaced and the glyphs there are only partially readable.

The human face carved into the stone is unremarkable except for the long bill that extends down to chest level. This bill has been identified as belonging to the boat-billed heron, a locally abundant bird along the Tabasco and southern Veracruz Gulf Coast. Raised wings or a wing-like cape envelop the body while feet have been incised into the base.

The Tuxtla Statuette is particularly notable in that its glyphs include the Mesoamerican Long Count cale…

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