Exclusive to Echoes In Time
Hand Painted
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Size: 8.5" x 6.25" x 2.5"
Material: Cast Stone
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Name: OLMEC COLOSSAL HEAD (wall stele)
Time: c. 1500 - 300 BC
Location: San Lorenza, East Coast, Mexico
The Olmec Colossal Head was carved from volcanic basalt, ranged from 5 to 9 feet tall and weighed as much as 20 tons. Only 17 have been found throughout Mexico since first discovered in 1892. Some were moved great distances from mountain quarries through rugged terrain to centers like San Lorenzo, Veracruz. They usually display the insignia of a ruler and exhibit thick features and helmet-like headgear. Our scaled reproduction is of Monument-1 from San Lorenzo. The Olmec society consisted of fixed classes of priests, bureaucrats, merchants and craftspeople. These mysterious statues have become icons of Olmec civilization.
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