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Head1000–400 BCE

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Bronze mask sculpture with ovoid form, depicting a human face with heavy-lidded eyes and full lips, covered in mottled green and copper-brown patina

Unknown, Head, 1000–400 BCE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of John Gilbert Bourne, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Head
Culture
Olmec
Place Made
Mexico, Tabasco
Date Made
1000–400 BCE
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
4 3/4 × 2 15/16 × 3 1/4 in. (12.07 × 7.46 × 8.26 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John Gilbert Bourne
Accession Number
M.79.100
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berrin, Kathleen, and Virginia M. Fields, eds. Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.

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