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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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Cataloguing data

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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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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