File:Takalik Abaj Olmec sculpture 1.JPG
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English: Monument 23. Heavily eroded sculpture at Takalik Abaj, near El Asintal in the Guatemalan department of Retalhuleu. The sculpture is typically Olmec in style and content, showing a figure emerging from a cave, bearing an infant in its arms. It may have been a recarved colossal head, with apparent earspools visible on either side.
Español: Monumento 23. Una escultura muy erosionada en el sitio arqueológico de Takalik Abaj, cerca de El Asintal en el departamento guatemalteco de Retalhuleu. La escultura es típicamente olmeca en estilo y contenido, y muestra una figura saliendo de una cueva, llevando a un infante en sus brazos. Es posible que originalmente era una cabeza colosal; aparentemente tiene orejeras en los dos lados. |
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Date | Taken 27 December 08, uploaded 7 January 09 | ||
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Author | Simon Burchell | ||
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According to John Graham (p. 231), this has been designated Monument 23 and was an Olmec-style colossal head recarved in ancient times into a niche figure. See Takalik Abaj
- Graham, John (1989) "Olmec Diffusion: a Sculptural View from Pacific Guatemala", in Regional Perspectives on the Olmec, Robert J. Sharer and David Grove, eds., University of Cambridge Press, pp. 227-246.
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