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Hacha

Stone replica of a stomach protector or palm branch decoration of the ball player in the form of a heron; the shape of a bird does not argue against a replica of a palm branch; the shapes of these objects range from highly stylised reproductions of actual palm fronds to mythological and ritual scenes to birds and other animals;

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
El Tajín
Object type
Hacha
Dimensions
Gewicht: 6,5 kg
Gewicht: 7,1 kg mit Ständer
Objektmaß: 40,8 x 12,1 x 19,4 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 14112

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Veracruz
Jalapa
who
El Tajín

who
Strebel, Hermann - Collectors

Description
from Strebel, Hermann 1890

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