The Wrestler (sculpture)
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the-wrestler-sculpture-230-2043728
title:
The Wrestler (sculpture)
text:
The Wrestler is a basalt statuette dating back to between 1500 BCE and 400 BCE, which some believe to be one of the most important sculptures of the Olmec culture. The near life-size figure has been praised not only for its realism and sense of energy, but also for its aesthetic qualities. Since 1964, the sculpture has been part of the collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. This 66-centimetre (26 in)-high Mesoamerican statuette was discovered in 1933 by a farmer in Arro
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encyclopedia
description:
Olmec sculpture
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrestler_(sculpture)
date created:
2008-10-05T04:51:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T20:22:18Z
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