 San Lorenzo Colossal Head 6 ( also known as San Lorenzo Monument 17 ) is one of the smaller examples of colossal heads , standing 1 @.@ 67 metres ( 5 @.@ 5 ft ) . It measures 1 @.@ 41 metres ( 4 @.@ 6 ft ) wide by 1 @.@ 26 metres ( 4 @.@ 1 ft ) deep and is estimated to weigh between 8 and 10 tons . The head was discovered by a local farmworker and was excavated in 1965 by Luis Aveleyra and Román Piña Chan . The head had collapsed into a ravine under its own weight and was found face down on its left hand side . In 1970 it was transported to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the museum 's centenary exhibition . After its return to Mexico , it was placed in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City . It is sculpted with a net @-@ like head covering joined together with sculpted beads . A covering descends from under the headdress to cover the back half of the neck . The headband is divided into four strips and begins above the right ear , extending around the entire head . A short strap descends from either side of the head to the ear . The ear ornaments are complex and are larger at the front of the ear than at the back . The face is that of an ageing male with the forehead creased in a frown , wrinkles under the eyes , sagging cheeks and deep creases on either side of the nose . The face is somewhat asymmetric , possibly due to errors in the execution of the monument . 
 San Lorenzo Colossal Head 6 ( also known as San Lorenzo Monument 17 ) <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>one of the smaller examples of colossal heads , standing 1 @.@ 67 metres ( 5 @.@ 5 ft ) . It <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>measures</mark></a> 1 @.@ 41 metres ( 4 @.@ 6 ft ) wide by 1 @.@ 26 metres ( 4 @.@ 1 ft ) deep and is estimated to weigh between 8 and 10 tons . The head was discovered by a local farmworker and was excavated in 1965 by Luis Aveleyra and Román Piña Chan . The head <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> collapsed into a ravine under its own weight and was found face down on its left hand side . In 1970 it was transported to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the museum <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>centenary exhibition . After its return to Mexico , it was placed in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City . It is sculpted with a net @-@ like head covering joined together with sculpted beads . A covering descends from under the headdress to cover the back half of the neck . The headband is divided into four strips and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>begins</mark></a> above the right ear , extending around the entire head . A short strap <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>descends</mark></a> from either side of the head to the ear . The ear ornaments <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>are</mark></a>complex and <a href='drop_aux' title='8'><mark>are</mark></a>larger at the front of the ear than at the back . The face <a href='drop_aux' title='9'><mark>is</mark></a>that of an ageing male with the forehead creased in a frown , wrinkles under the eyes , sagging cheeks and deep creases on either side of the nose . The face <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>is</mark></a>somewhat asymmetric , possibly due to errors in the execution of the monument . 
San Lorenzo Colossal Head 6 ( also known as San Lorenzo Monument 17 ) one of the smaller examples of colossal heads , standing 1 @.@ 67 metres ( 5 @.@ 5 ft ) . It measure 1 @.@ 41 metres ( 4 @.@ 6 ft ) wide by 1 @.@ 26 metres ( 4 @.@ 1 ft ) deep and is estimated to weigh between 8 and 10 tons . The head was discovered by a local farmworker and was excavated in 1965 by Luis Aveleyra and Román Piña Chan . The head done collapsed into a ravine under its own weight and was found face down on its left hand side . In 1970 it was transported to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York fir the museum  centenary exhibition . After its return to Mexico , it was placed in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City . It is sculpted w/ a net @-@ like head covering joined together wiw/culpted beads . A covering descends from under the headdress to cover the bck half of the neck . The headband is divided into 4 strips and begin above the right ear , extending around the entire head . A short strap descend from either side of da head to tdaear . The ear ornaments complex and larger at thdaront of the ear than at thedack . The face dat of an ageing male with the daehead creased in a frown , wrinkles under the eyes , sagging cheeks and deep creases on either side of the nose . The fda somewhat asymmetric , possibly due to errors in the exdation of the mondant .