3456 x 5184 px | 29,3 x 43,9 cm | 11,5 x 17,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. Januar 2016
Ort:
British Museum, London, UK
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Female figure made of sandstone depicting Tlazolteotl, standing (truncated), hands folded in front, with fan-shaped head-dress having centre-piece in form of cone on top of section of cylinder; left-hand proper edge of head-dress lost. Figure emerging from oblong base. Sculptures from Mexico's northern Gulf Coast depict Tlazolteotl, a goddess associated with spinning, weaving, childbirth and curing. As the "eater of filth" she was responsible for absorbing and absolving the guilt of sinful deeds. Her spectacular fan-shaped headdress would originally have been made from beaten bark cloth and brightly painted. A single large but rather thin slab of sandstone was used to sculpt this figure, imposing constraints on its depth and volume
