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Tlaloc

Ethnological Museum of Berlin Amerikanische Archäologie [IV Ca 3313]
http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ImageAsset&module=collection&objectId=65110&resolution=superImageResolution#499038 (Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Martin Franken (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Description

Kleine Köpfe und Figuren aus Grünstein, so genannte "penates", die den Gott Tlaloc darstellen oder zumindest einige Attribute des Tlaloc aufweisen, sind ein häufiger Typus der mixtekischen Kultur. Sie dienten als Amulette. Ähnliche Figuren wurden auch unter den Funden des Templo Mayor gefunden. Die grünliche Farbe symbolisiert die Farben des Tlaloc, der für Wasser, Regen, Fruchtbarkeit zuständig ist. (V. König, 2003)
Sammler: Uhde, Carl Adolf

Material/Technique

Grau-güner Stein

Measurements

Objektmaß: 9,5 x 9,1 x 4,7 cm

Links / Documents

Created Created
1301
Mixtec people
Mexico
Created Created
1301
Mixtec people
Mixteca
1300 1502
Ethnological Museum of Berlin

Object from: Ethnological Museum of Berlin

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