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''Olmec Head, Number 8'' is a tall outdoor colossal head sculpture on the east side of the north entrance to the
Field Museum of Natural History The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational ...
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, that was created by Mexican sculptor Ignacio Pérez Solano (b. 1931) and installed in 2000. It is one of several reproductions of San Lorenzo Colossal Head 8, which is currently located at the
Museum of Anthropology This is a list of museums with major collections in ethnography and anthropology. It is sorted by descending number of objects listed. # Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada #: 3.75 million artifacts # Musée du quai Branly, P ...
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Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...
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Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
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List of public art in Chicago The city of Chicago, Illinois, is home to many notable works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. References External links * {{Public art in the United States Art, Public Chicag ...
* Olmec colossal heads * ''
Olmec Head Replica ''Olmec Head Replica'' is installed in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Description and history The grey limestone sculpture represents Mexico in Jordan Park's International Peace Gardens. It measures approximately 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 ft a ...
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