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Tlaloc

c. 1200–1519

Central Mexico, Aztec, 13th-16th century

Medium
stone
Measurements
Overall: 29 x 19.5 x 13.5 cm (11 7/16 x 7 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1966.361
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Location
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Description

A natural cobble of greenstone has been smoothed and carved in low relief to portray the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, recognizable by his ringed eyes, twisted nose element, and fanged mouth. As the provider of water, Tlaloc is a patron of agriculture and holds a stalk of maize in one hand. To the Aztecs, Tlaloc was an ancient and civilized god; his worship could be traced back to the ancient ruined site Teotihuacan.
Organically shaped greenstone with the features of the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, round, spiral-patterned nose, and rectangular fangs protruding from his downturned mouth with four hair-like tendrils curving out from his lower lip. He wears neck and head ornaments with two hands sticking in from the sides of the lower half of the rock, making fist shapes with the left hand holding a stalk fanning out into five stalks.

Tlaloc

c. 1200–1519

Central Mexico, Aztec, 13th-16th century

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