OLMEC HEAD, Number 8
OLMEC HEAD, Number 8, Gift of the Government of the State of Veracruz, Mexico and Miguel Aleman, Governor of Veracruz, to the People o Chicago, Dedicated October 21,2003, City of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Mayor City of Chicago, Public Art Collection. Now displayed at the Field Museum.
The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 Metres. The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. Wikipedia
OLMEC HEAD, Number 8
OLMEC HEAD, Number 8, Gift of the Government of the State of Veracruz, Mexico and Miguel Aleman, Governor of Veracruz, to the People o Chicago, Dedicated October 21,2003, City of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Mayor City of Chicago, Public Art Collection. Now displayed at the Field Museum.
The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 Metres. The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. Wikipedia