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This piece immediately appealed to me, because it seemed to be almost modernist in its bold simplicity, and it seemed very straightforward.발음듣기

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But what thrills me is that it's not what you think it's going to be.발음듣기

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This was made about three thousand years ago by artists of the Olmec culture, the first great civilization in ancient Mexico. 발음듣기

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It is often referred to as a face mask, but if you look at it closely you realize it could never have been worn by a mortal.발음듣기

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There are no holes in the eyes or in the nose or in the mouth to allow someone to see or to breathe.발음듣기

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There are these little indentations in the eyes, in the mouth, that probably would have held an inlay, probably a shell.발음듣기

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So it may have been seen as much more lifelike in antiquity.발음듣기

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And it is more or less life-size of a human face.발음듣기

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We're drawn to faces. Being able to recognize a face is one of those fundamental survival skills.발음듣기

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You have to understand: Is somebody angry with you? Is somebody intent to do harm? 발음듣기

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I was particularly struck by the very realistic details of the fleshiness over the eye, the strength of the jaw line, and the soft chin.발음듣기

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But when you draw in closer, you think, “What's going on with that mouth?” 발음듣기

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The downturned edges, the strange sort of toothless gum above it: what is that? 발음듣기

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Is this the face of an infant? Is it the face of an animal?발음듣기

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On the very edges of the lower lip, ever so faintly, you see the incisions of a cleft mark.발음듣기

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For the Olmec, that sort of cleft mark refers to the opening of a husk of corn, the preeminent crop of ancient Mesoamerica. 발음듣기

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The blue-green jade probably alluded to the growing corn, to ideas of fertility, of cyclical life.발음듣기

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Jade is very hard to carve.발음듣기

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It would have taken untold hours-- percussion flaking, sawing sections down with string and grit, and then endless amounts of polishing.발음듣기

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This very, very durable, strong material lasts beyond human lifespan.발음듣기

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In that sense, it touches on the great questions.발음듣기

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What is our existence about, what can transcend our time and our place?발음듣기

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