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Xipe Totec

The head represents the god Xipe Totec, recognisable by the typical open mouth and lowered eyelids. The large, blue ear plugs resemble the ear jewellery of human figures in Mixtec codices.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Mixteca-Puebla
Object type
Sound head
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 20,9 x 20 x 14 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 17687 a

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Mixteca-Puebla [Region]
who
Mixteca-Puebla

who
Strebel, Hermann - Collectors

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