Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Tepaneca (Tepanec) (archaeological culture) (attributed); square hole made by the Spanish to hold a cross
- Previous owner
- Édouard Pingret (Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret), Non-Indian, 1785-1869
- Dr. Louis Capitan (L. Capitan/Joseph-Louis Capitan), Non-Indian, 1854-1929
- Seller agent
- Fernand Lair-Dubreuil, Non-Indian, 1867-1931
- Georges Pascal Joseph Tixier, Non-Indian, b. 1874
- Andre Portier, Non-Indian, 1886-1963
- Auction venue
- Hotel Drouot
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Collection History
- Said to have been installed in a cemetery in Coyocan at an unknown date; acquired by Édouard Pingret (Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1785-1869, a French artist who lived in Mexico in the 1850s and collected antiquities) through an exchange with a town official; inherited by Édouard Pingret's daughter; purchased by Dr. Louis Capitan (1854-1929, a French physician, anthropologist, and archaeologist) at an auction of Pingret's daughter's property following her death in France in 1909; purchased by George Heye for MAI in 1930 at an auction of items from Dr. Capitan's estate held by Fernand Lair-Dubreuil (1867-1931), Georges Pascal Joseph Tixier (b. 1874), and Andre Portier (1886-1963) at the Hotel Drouot in Paris, France.
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- Date created
- AD 1325-1521 (Post-Classic period)
- Catalog Number
- 17/5441
- Barcode
- 175441.000
- Object Type
- Architecture/Housing
- Object Name
- Column base/support with representations of Quetzalcóatl and Tlaltecuhtli (the Earth god)
- Media/Materials
- Basalt, paint
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground, polished, painted
- Dimensions
- 77.5 x 29.7 cm
- Place
- Coyoacán; Federal District; Mexico (inferred)
- Geographical Areas
- Valley of Mexico
- See related items
- Tepaneca (Tepanec) (archaeological culture)
- Non-Indian (archaeological)
- Architecture/Housing
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_187866
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ac01396c-bfbd-4f0a-a705-0c5ccd273f13
