Seated pulque (octili) deity
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Title
Seated pulque (octili) deity
Subject
Offertory cache 6 sculpture, pulque deity.
Description
This stone sculpture depicts a pulque deity, identifiable by its nasal ornament and face paint. The statue was found in Complex A's Offertory Cache 6 in the portion dedicated to Huitzilopochltli in the Templo Mayor during the Stage IVb excavations in 1978.
Creator
Unknown Aztec Sculpture
Source
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and Felipe Solis Olguin, eds. Aztecs, (London: Royal Academy, 2003).
Publisher
[no text]
Date
1440-1469
Contributor
Claire Fields
Rights
[no text]
Relation
[no text]
Format
Stone Sculpture: 14 3/8 x 9 x 7 7/8
Type
Stone sculpture with pigment intact
Identifier
Pulque deity, offertory cache sculpture
Coverage
Found in the Templo Mayor in 1978 in offertory cache 6, in Complex A. This sculpture is derivative of the Aztec people.
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Original Format
Stone Sculpture
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Citation
Unknown Aztec Sculpture, “Seated pulque (octili) deity ,” Tenochtitlan, accessed March 31, 2020, http://tenochtitlan.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/87.