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Snake with a human head in its throat
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A snake stretched up on a flat stone slab, with a human face protruding from its wide open maw, giving the fictitious impression that it has completely enveloped a standing human with its body.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Azteken
Object type
Stone figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 53 x 19 x 18 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 48274

Provenance and sources

when
Postclassical
where
Mexico
who
Azteken

who
Seler, Eduard - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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