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Nanahuatzin, who played a central role in the creation of the world in Teotihuacan, was the patron saint of people with deformed bodies, like this crouching, upward-looking hunchback.

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Cultural attribution
Azteken
Object type
Stone figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 33,5 x 24 x 22 cm
Gewicht: 19,6 kg
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 3760

Provenance and sources

when
Postclassical
where
Mexico
Central highlands
who
Azteken

who
Carl Adolf Uhde (1792-02-02 - 1856-11-17) - Collectors

Description
Purchase 1862

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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