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Offering Group

c. 800–1200(?)
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travertine or tecali
Diameter: 18.8 x 18.4 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); Part 2: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Part 3: 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.252
Location: not on view
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Description

The objects in this group, all with traces of red pigment, are said to have been found together, the shells and greenstone plaque inside the translucent stone vessel. A similar offering was found in a pyramid ornamented with feathered serpents at Xochicalco, a site south of the Valley of Mexico.

Offering Group

c. 800–1200(?)

Mexico, Guerrero(?), San Jerónimo de Juárez, Xochicalco style

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