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Chalchiuhtlicue, "the one with the gemstone skirt", goddess of rivers and lakes

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Azteken
Object type
Stone head
Dimensions
Height: 18 cm
Depth: 13 cm
Width: 19,5 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 391

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1350 - 1521
    where
    Mexico
    who
    Azteken
  • Collecting
    who
    Carl Adolf Uhde (1792-02-02 - 1856-11-17) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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