Americas
Olmec colossal head (San Lorenzo)
When it was made
c. 900–400 BCE
How do we know this date?
The work was created over a period of time. (date range)
Certainty: moderate Source: archeologia
Monumental basalt heads, probably portraits of rulers of the Olmec culture.
Facts
- Culture
- Olmecs
- Place of origin
- Veracruz, Mexico
- Where it is today
- Museo de Antropología de Xalapa
- Institution
- Museo de Antropología de Xalapa
- Type
- Sculpture
- Material
- basalt
- Movement / style
- Olmec art
