section_path: In human culture
section_name: In human culture
paragraph_text: In human culture
  
  In Mesoamerica, maize is seen as a vital force, deified as a maize god, usually female. In the United States, maize ears are carved into column capitals in the United States Capitol building. The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, uses cobs and ears of colored maize to implement a mural design that is recycled annually. The concrete Field of Corn sculpture in Dublin, Ohio depicts hundreds of ears of corn in a grassy field. A maize stalk with two ripe ears is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 1 lipa coin, minted since 1993.