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Stone skull

Stone skull with painting from the Tzompantli, the skull scaffold; the cut-off skulls of human sacrifices were placed on this scaffold; the scaffold stood on a stone pedestal whose side walls were covered with such stone sculptures of skulls.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Azteken
Object type
Stone skull
Dimensions
Height: 24,4 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Width: 24,4 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 25748

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1350 - 1521
    where
    Mexico
    Toluca
    who
    Azteken
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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