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Clay vessel

In Aztec mythology, the god Huitzilopochtli destroyed his sister Coyolxauhqui and her four hundred brothers with the fire serpent Xiuhcoatl. This is depicted with its snout bent far back and its body segmented. In the Codex Borgia, four fire serpents (Xiuhcoatl) are shown around a turquoise mirror. The fire serpent is the symbol of the central Mexican fire god Xiuhtecuhtli.A.Nicklisch 2003

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,65 cm
Weight: 1.800 g
Diameter: 12,4 cm
Height: 25,3 cm
Depth: 21,2 cm
Width: 21,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41127

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Santa Cruz
    Santa Bárbara
    Guaca III
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr Walter Lehmann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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