chicome coatl

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Chalchiuhtlicue-Chicomecoatl
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Like many other pieces, the Aztec corn goddess came to Berlin through Alexander von Humboldt. She is wearing a cotton headband held by a large bow at the back of her head. She holds two corncobs in her left hand. The goddess was first published as Idole aztèque, en basalte in Humboldt's travelogue Vues des Cordillères in 1810. (A. Nicklisch 2003)

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Cultural attribution
Azteken
Object type
Stone figure
Dimensions
Gewicht: 6,84 kg
Objektmaß: 37 x 17 x 16 cm
Material/Technique
Stone (tuff)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 2

Provenance and sources

when
Postclassical
where
Mexico
Central highlands
who
Azteken

who
Humboldt, Alexander von - Collectors

Description
by Alexander von Humboldt 1840

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Corn goddess "chicome coatl"
chicome coatl
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