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Gay, <em>Xochipala: The Beginnings of Olmec Art</em> (Princeton, The Princeton University Art Museum, 1972)., fig. 38 (illus.)","date":1972,"id":2732,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/382711"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[{"id":24010,"period":"Middle Formative Period","alphasort":"Formative Period, Middle","begindate":-1000,"enddate":-400,"displayperiod":"Middle Formative Period","displaydate":null}],"department":"Art of the Ancient Americas","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199317,"term":"Art of the Ancient Americas","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"1000 B.C.-A.D 1","dateend":-500,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Mirror","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":null,"objectnumber":"2016-1196","inscribed":null,"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<p>\n\tBy 1966, John Rhoads [1]; August 12, 1971, sold to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ; 2016, bequest Gillett G. Griffin to the Princeton University Art Museum.\n</p>\n<p>\n\tNotes:\n\t<br />\n\t[1] Griffin lent the work to the Museum on Rhoads’ behalf in 1966 (L.1966.137).\n</p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"The earliest mirrors in Mesoamerica were consistently fashioned from dark magnetic stones, such as ilmenite, pyrite, and magnetite. Artists routinely left the overall shape of these objects irregular but incorporated a subtle concave oval in the middle. The ovals reflect what appears before them, sometimes in an upside-down image, but without the clarity of modern mirrors. They are usually drilled with two small holes for suspension and were worn as pectorals. They may have served as divinatory objects or as reflectors of sunlight, making the wearer appear as radiant as the sun. 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