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Title
Xipe totec ceramic mask.
Description
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.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1250
Title
Xipe totec ceramic mask.
Description
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.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1250
Title
Xipe totec ceramic mask.
Description
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.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1250
Title
Xipe totec ceramic mask.
Description
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.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1250
Title
Xipe totec ceramic mask.
Description
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.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1250
Title
Xipe totec ceramic mask.
Description
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.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1250
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