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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
- Finished
- Exhibition (vertical)
- Good
- Complete monument
- Not compared
Department
Archaeological
Date
AD 1502
Culture
- Mexica Aztec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Morelos
/
Tepoztlán
/
<City>
/
Tepozteco
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Burlap, Pigment
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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Cast
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| |
| 92-50-20/C1133.2 | Cast of part of Stone of Tizoc |
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|
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| |
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Cast
|
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| |
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|
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| |
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Image Not Available
for Stone of Ahuitzotl, stone/cast
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
Seibal
| |
| 2001.1.649 | Cast of part of Stela 8, top section (now restored) |
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