Standing female figure with snake belt · Mexico, Aztec/post classic · ID: 3036723
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Provenance
French Collection, Paris (before 1971)Rudolf Borkowsky, Neuwied, Germany
Description
stone, remains of polychrome paint (yellow, red, blue and white), over a long skirt (“cueitl”) she wears a belt, which end is modelled in shape of a snakes head, disc-shaped ear ornament and headband recognizable, dam., missing parts (nose, left ear, breasts, forearms);
characteristic features of Aztec figures are the static and dignified posture, the oversized head and the compact body. Inlay of the eyes, presumably shell and obsidian, missing.