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Adorno

Artist Pre-Columbian

Date200-400 CE

MediumFired clay

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg

Object number1954.22.39

DescriptionBuff clay head with roll of clay across forehead and around face under chin. The eyes and mouth are hollows; no nose. The head is attached to a square slab of clay, resembling an architectural feature. Although the head is broken at the neck and appears to have extended into a body. Was probably appliqued to a vessel or "incensano" - the face is the traditional face of Xipe, the "flayed" god of agricultural renewal.

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