Object Details
- Creator
- Dougherty, Harold E
- Subject
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Anthropology
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
- Featured in the "Torch," April 1978.
- Summary
- Caption from Torch: "Riggers unload the Olmec head at the Mall entrance of the Museum of Natural History. A special steel-frame platform was constructed to hold the five-ton stone sculpture which dates from 1000 B.C. to 800 B.C."
- The Olmec head was discovered in 1946 by Smithsonian anthropologist Dr. Matthew W. Sterling at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, Veracruz. The sculpture is part of the exhibit "Treasures of Mexico: From the Mexican National Museums" at National Museum of Natural History.
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: April 1978, Image No. 94-2877
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1978
- Local number
- SIA RU000371 [94-2877]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- No Known Copyright
- Type
- Black-and-white photographs
- Physical description
- Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Exhibitions
- Antiquities
- Olmec sculpture
- Record ID
- siris_arc_398000
