Olmec art

stone representations of human heads from the Olmec civilization

figurines from Olmec art

museum in Xalapa, Mexico

Olmec statue of a youth holding a limp were-jaguar baby

thumb|A stone Olmec werejaguar, showing common werejaguar characteristics including a downturned mouth, almond-shaped eyes, pleated ears, a headdress with headband, and a crossed-bars icon on the chest The werejaguar was both an Olmec motif and a supernatural entity, perhaps a deity.