Replica of San Lorenzo Monument

This sculpture, weighing 18 tons, is an exact copy of the colossal head that was discovered at the Olmec site of San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico. The original is a landmark work of art of the Olmec culture that flourished in southern Mexico 1500-400 BCE. The Universidad Veracruzana presented the replica as a gift to the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies in 2008 in recognition of the close ties between the peoples of the United States and Mexico.