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Location: Discovered by Stirling during the 1938-1939 field season "at a point almost half a mile northeast of the Long Mound [(Structure 9) where] the arroyo cuts through a mass of basalt in the bottom of the gorge. The water has carved a narrow trough through the solid stone at this point about 8 or 10 feet deep. on top of the east bank of the arroyo is a small mound which has been partially cross-sectioned by the arroyo. Below the mound and lying on the bottom of the trough" (Stirling 1943:24. Monument 16 was rediscovered by a local inhabitant, Felis Pantoja, and it was moved to the site museum during 1978.
Associations: Monuments 15, 25, 26, and 27.
Condition: Hand broken off, unfinished.
Photographs: Present report, Plate 24.
Drawings: Stirling 1943a: Figure 6, Monument "O".
Carved Areas: Sculpture in the round.
Material: This monument was not tested by Williams. However, there is nothing about it to suggest that its material is any different than that of Monument 1.
Dimensions: Elbow to shoulder 101 cm, elbow to wrist 87 cm.
Description: Monument 16 is a human? arm, conceived as a complete unit in itself, but probably intended as part of a composite sculpture. The arm is a single tapered form which is bent at the elbow, with a wristband and an armband. Both wristband and armband are ornamented with a large boss. A web of stone buttresses the crook of the arm between the upper and lower arm. The sculpture is well blocked out, the volumes of the arm and its ornament are well defined. However, the absence of detailing on the bracelets and armlets suggests that work on the sculpture was abandoned before it reached the finishing stages evident on the La Puente arm.
