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Stonework
Figure of Quetzalcoatl
Aztec artist, (active )
Aztec artist
Mexico
26 in. (66 cm)
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Volcanic stone
Volcanic stone
Aztec; made in Mexico
1200-1500 CE
1200
1500
Aztec, Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America, Quetzalcoatl, sculpture
Stonework
Aztec deity sculptures exist in the thousands, despite a campaign of destruction by the conquering Spanish who believed they were heathen idols. This sculpture represents the Aztec creator god, Quetzalcoatl. His name combines the words for “precious green feather” (quetzalli) and “serpent” (coatl), thus combining the two religious/cosmological realms, the sky realm and earth.
Representations of their gods were made recognizable to the Aztec people by their individual attributes. Here Quetzalcoatl wears his characteristic curved shell ear ornaments and conical headpiece.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1944.64
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
44.64SL1
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44.64DI1
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Front
5/12/2009
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44.64DI#3
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Three-quarter
5/12/2009
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