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Mixtec culture, Mexico. Head of Tlaloc.
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Mixtec culture, Mexico. Head of Tlaloc.
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Mixtec culture, Mexico. Head of Tlaloc. Made of speckled green stone, carved and polished, depicting a face with stylised features. Height: 10 cm. Provenance: > The collection of Pierre (1900–1993) and Claude (1929–2018) Vérité, Paris
Bibliography: *Ancient Mexican Sculpture from the Lukas Vischer Collection*, pp. 75, 77; comparable example
Condition report: Mounted on a plinth Tláloc is one of the major deities of Mesoamerica; he is associated with rain, terrestrial waters, mountains, caves, storms and the fertility of the fields.
Objects depicting Tláloc could be used in contexts such as offerings, ritual deposits, domestic shrines or symbolic adornments, depending on their size and medium. Effigy vases, pendants, masks and reliefs embodied a connection with rain and the powers of the mountains. In certain offerings, green stones, shells and aquatic materials reinforced this association with water, the wet world and plant growth.
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