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Xipe Totec
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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
Gewicht: 17,1 kg
Objektmaß: 35 x 30 x 17 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 32496

Provenance and sources

when
Postclassical
where
Mexico
Central highlands
who
Azteken

who
Adolfo Marx - Former Possessors
Eduard und Caecilie Seler - Collectors

Description
Donation from Adolfo Marx 1908

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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