 Tres Zapotes Monument Q ( also known as the Nestape Head and Tres Zapotes Colossal Head 2 ) measures 1 @.@ 45 metres ( 4 @.@ 8 ft ) high by 1 @.@ 34 metres ( 4 @.@ 4 ft ) wide by 1 @.@ 26 metres ( 4 @.@ 1 ft ) deep and weighs 8 @.@ 5 tons . Its exact date of discovery is unknown but is estimated to have been some time in the 1940s , when it was struck by machinery being used to clear vegetation from Nestape hill . Monument Q was the eleventh colossal head to be discovered . It was moved to the plaza of Santiago Tuxtla in 1951 and remains there to this day . Monument Q was first described by Williams and Heizer in an article published in 1965 . The headdress is decorated with a frontal tongue @-@ shaped ornament , and the back of the head is sculpted with seven plaits of hair bound with tassels . A strap descends from each side of the headdress , passing over the ears and to the base of the monument . The face has pronounced creases around the nose , mouth and eyes . 
 Tres Zapotes Monument Q ( also known as the Nestape Head and Tres Zapotes Colossal Head 2 ) <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>measures</mark></a> 1 @.@ 45 metres ( 4 @.@ 8 ft ) high by 1 @.@ 34 metres ( 4 @.@ 4 ft ) wide by 1 @.@ 26 metres ( 4 @.@ 1 ft ) deep and <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>weighs</mark></a> 8 @.@ 5 tons . Its exact date of discovery <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>unknown but is estimated to have been some time in the 1940s , when it was struck by machinery being used to clear vegetation from Nestape hill . Monument Q was the eleventh colossal head to be discovered . It was moved to the plaza of Santiago Tuxtla in 1951 and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>remains</mark></a> there to this day . Monument Q was first described by Williams and Heizer in an article published in 1965 . The headdress is decorated with a frontal tongue @-@ shaped ornament , and the back of the head is sculpted with seven plaits of hair bound with tassels . A strap <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>descends</mark></a> from each side of the headdress , passing over the ears and to the base of the monument . The face <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>has</mark></a> pronounced creases around the nose , mouth and eyes . 
Tres Zapotes Monument Q ( also known as the Nestape Head and Tres Zapotes Colossal Head 2 ) measure 1 @.@ 45 metres ( 4 @.@ 8 ft ) high by 1 @.@ 34 metres ( 4 @.@ 4 ft ) wide by 1 @.@ 26 metres ( 4 @.@ 1 ft ) deep and weigh 8 @.@ 5 tons . Its exact date of discovery unknown but is estimated to have been sum time in the 1940s , when it was struck by machinery bein used to clear vegetation from Nestape hill . Monument Q was da eleventh colossal head to be discovered . It was moved to tdaplaza of Santiago Tuxtla in 1951 and remain there to dis day . Monument Q was first described by Williams and Heizer in an article published in 1965 . The headdress is decorated with a frontal tongue @-@ shaped ornament , and the back of the head is sculpted w/ seven plaits of hair bound with tassels . A strap descend from each side of the headdress , passing ova the ears and to the base of the monument . Thdaace done pronounced creases around the nose , mouth and eyes .