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Object Number
63-24-20/76378.1.9
Display Title
Effigy urn of Xipe Totec
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Oaxaca, Zapotec. Cat. No. C/10145 Seated Male Personage attired in the Habiliaments of the god Xipe Totec (Dios Xipe Totec) Height: 19 1/2". Color: Light brown ceramics with light gray wash. Collection of John McPherson; Acquired by the Museum in 1928. For discussion of this category, see Caso & Bernal's Urnas de Oaxaca, 1952, 249. This piece ascribed to Epoch III-B of Monte Alban. (A.D. 700 - 1050) The God of Spring traditionally thought to be an inigenous Zapotc deity, on whose feastday a victim was flayed and a priest put on his skin. The rolled collar worn by this figure represents the flayed skin of the sacrificed victim." (Please see Object Description text entry field for complete description.)
Department
Photographic
Date
April 1963
Artist
Morton Bartlett
Culture
- Mesoamerican
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Oaxaca
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.6375 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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