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As well as honouring a wide range of gods the OImecs also revered their ancestors—so it's possible that this mask with its particular features and markings might well represent a historic king or a legendary ancestor.
卡爾陶布發現，我們目前找到的許多雕像都有同一張臉，且頰上都有近似文身的刻痕。
There's also in a number of jades a person's face, we call him the 'Lord of the double scroll', and it looks like he has tattooing quite similar to this piece also in the British Museum.
由于該圖案多次出現，陶布認為真的曾有人將其文在臉上。
That's probably tattooing on his face and so we see a number of jades, this Lord of the double scroll, suggesting this was an individual that had this facial marking.
奧爾梅克專家稱他為“雙渦紋王”。
And so portraiture was obviously important here, denoting the king as an individual and historic figure.
這個有特殊標記，面具的確有可能代表了一位歷史上的國王或傳說中的祖先。
Whoever he was, the man of the serpentine mask must have cut quite a dash when he appeared in public.
不管面具上的人是誰，當他出現在公眾面前時，一定曾大出風頭。
The ears are pierced in several places, presumably for gold earrings.
面具的耳上有數個小孔，可能曾用于佩戴黃金耳飾。
But at the corners of his mouth are what look like enormous dimples.
嘴角有巨大的形似酒窩的小坑，
They must in fact represent circular holes.
應是代表了圓孔。
