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Colossal Head No. 1

Unknown

A massive basalt head representing an Olmec ruler, with a distinctive helmet-like headdress.

c. 1200–900 BC
Parque Museo La Venta, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Ancestral ArtPre-Columbian Central America
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