Ignacio Perez Solano
Museum Campus
East side of Field Museum
of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
This
reproduction of a 3,000-year old sculpture was a gift to the city from the
government of Veracruz, a state in southeastern Mexico. Archeologists have
found 17 large heads believed to come from the Olmec people, the first major
civilization in Mexico, who existed from 1200 to 800 BCE. Artist Solano carved
this seven-foot, seven-ton stone piece to replicate the eighth stone head that
was found; each of the 17 has distinctive features and is believed to embody
the likeness of an individual leader. Typically carved in a stylized manner,
Olmec Head 8 is considered the most naturalistic of the group.
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