Figurine Fragment

87-42-958

From: Mexico (Central America)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 87-42-958
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Toltec
Provenience Mexico (Central America)
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

terra cotta. Representing Xipi Totec, Our Lord the Flayed, wearing skin of sacrificed victim and carrying rattle-staff. Now fragmentary

Height 8.89 cm
Credit Line Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987
Other Number 12574 - ANSP Number | L-83-311 - Old Museum Number

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