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Object Number 2004.24.18143
Display Title Aztec stone coiled rattle snake
Descriptions
Object Description Aztec, coiled rattle snake, stone before 1500 A.D. Balitimore, Walters Art Gallerie. Valley of Mexico. Acc. No. 46-54. Photo: FB Pleasants
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Archaeological
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Stone
  • Coiled
  • Rattlesnake
  • Carved
  • Zoomorphic
  • Sculpture
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
  • Aztec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Valley of Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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