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Xipe Totec

Torso of the stone figure of a Xipe. The cult of Xipe Totec existed long before the Aztecs. Most Xipe Totec sculptures show male figures in the flayed skin of a human sacrifice. The incision can be seen where the heart was removed before the flaying. The skin is carefully bound together in several places.

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Cultural attribution
Azteken
Object type
Stone torso
Dimensions
Weight: 17,1 kg
Height: 35 cm
Depth: 17 cm
Width: 30 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 32496

Provenance and sources

Production
when
Postclassical
where
Mexico
Central highlands
who
Azteken
Collecting
who
Adolfo Marx - Former Possessors
Eduard und Caecilie Seler - Collectors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Description
Donation from Adolfo Marx 1908
Assignment to a curated holding:
American Archaeology

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