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Object Number 45-57-20/15139
Display Title Cast of Stone of Ahuizotl Plaque
Descriptions
Object Description Cast of Ahuitzotl Plaque. Mexica Aztec, A.D.1502. Tepoztlan, Mexico. Bearing the name hieroglyph of the Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl, A.D. 1486-1502, this plaque was built into a temple wall at Tepoztlan, a ritual center south of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), capital of the Aztec Empire. The emblematic glyph for ahuitzotl, "otter", shows a doglike mammal surrounded by a stream of water. [D. Stuart 2001]
Inventory Description Cast of stone of Ahuizotl (1486), King of Tenochtitlan, square, gray
Cast Name AZTEC_Ahuitzotl_plaque
Classification
  • Cast
Keywords
  • Not compared
  • Exhibition (vertical)
  • Finished
  • Good
  • Complete monument
Department Archaeological
Date AD 1502
Culture
  • Mexica Aztec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Morelos / Tepoztlán / <City> / Tepozteco
Dimensions Overall: 62 x 62 x 23 cm (24 7/16 x 24 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Owner Museum of Modern Art
Donor Rhode Island School of Design Museum (1945)

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