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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Pre-Columbian, Aztec
| | Title: | Standing Male Figure
| | Date Made: | ca. 1500
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | volcanic stone
| | Place Made: | North America; Mexico
| | Measurements: | whole: 20 x 9 x 6 1/2 in.; 50.8 x 22.86 x 16.51 cm
| | Accession Number: | AC 1955.663
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the children of Dwight W. Morrow (Class of 1895) and Elizabeth C. Morrow
| | Museum Collection: | Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Standing male figure, may be the god Xochipilli (Flower Prince) or his standard bearer. Squat arms stretched out in front, fingers clenched. Long hair and wearing earrings. With loancloth. Fragment of crested headpiece on head. On square rough stone base.
Tags:
male; indigenous people; sculpture Subjects:
Indigenous peoples; Males; Sculpture Link to share this object record:
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