Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0180-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0180
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Title:
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Xipe totec ceramic mask.
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Subject:
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Masks--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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Xipe Totec, the agriculture God of Spring time and regeneration, represented the dualistic concept, "out of death comes life." After a year of pleasure, a young man climbed the steps of a pyramid to have his heart cut out and his skin flayed. A young priest wore the skin for a month and later symbolically tore the dead skin off to reveal his youth.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: brown clay with traces of red pigment (encrustation of a crystalline pigment possibly cinnabar or hematite; faceted crystals).
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 600 and 1250
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Ceremonial object
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Dimensions:
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5 13/16 in high x 5 7/8 in wide x 2 5/16 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Veracruz, Mexico
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Rights:
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Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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Period:
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Late Classic to Early Post Classic
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