Las Limas Monument 1

Las Limas Monument 1
At highest resolution, the shallow incisions on the shoulders, legs, and face can be clearly seen
Material	Greenstone
Height	55 cm (22 in)
Created	Middle Formative Period (1000 BCE – 600 BCE)
Discovered	1965 near Jesús Carranza, Veracruz, Mexico
Present location	Xalapa Museum of Anthropology, Veracruz
Culture	Olmec

Las Limas Monument 1, also known as the Las Limas figure or the Señor de las Limas, is a 55 centimetres (22 in) greenstone figure of a youth holding a limp were-jaguar baby. Found in the State of Veracruz, Mexico, in the Olmec heartland, the statue is famous for its incised representations of Olmec supernaturals. It is the largest known greenstone sculpture.^[1]