Artist:Teotihuacan
Medium: Ceramic, stucco, pigment
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Dates:ca. 550–650
Dimensions: 3 13/16 x 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in. (9.7 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 44.3
Image: 44.3_view01_PS11.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Small, cylindrical tripod vessel decorated with a stucco polychrome design of two rain deity impersonators with Tlaloc attributes such as ringed eyes, the nose plaque with fangs, and the combination of tubular-rounded beads that decorate the lateral sashes of the headdress. These bead forms simulate rain drops. The large, feathered headdress features the head of an owl in frontal view. Other ornaments include large earflares, beaded collar and beaded wristlets. The figure holds in both hands a long dart in horizontal position decorated with three white tufts (one at base of tip and two on the posterior end of the shaft). Javier Urcid suggests that the dart may signify a warrior, and the owl on the headdress, a specific military sodality. Condition: fair; extensive paint loss on one of the deity impersonators so it is barely visible; small hole on one side.