Olmec colossal heads

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Sculpture · c. 1200 BC–900 BC · San Lorenzo, Veracruz · Americas

17 basalt ruler portraits up to 3 m — the Americas' first monumental sculpture

Olmec colossal heads — Glysiak · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Olmec art — Mesoamerica's first great sculpture: basalt ruler heads and were-jaguar infants
Century: 13th century BC

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