Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Aztec (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Frederick Braun, Non-Indian, 1841-1918
- Seller
- Frederick Braun, Non-Indian, 1841-1918
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Braun (1841-1918, a well-known Brooklyn, New York, collector and dealer in fossils and minerals); purchased by George Heye from Frederick Braun in 1906.
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- Date created
- AD 1325–1521 (Post Classic period)
- Catalog Number
- 8143
- Barcode
- 008143.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Figure of Chicomecóatl (the maize goddess)
- Media/Materials
- Basalt, paint
- Techniques
- Pecked, polished, painted
- Dimensions
- 70 x 30 x 15 cm
- Place
- Tenochtitlan; Federal District; Mexico (inferred)
- Geographical Areas
- Valley of Mexico
- See related items
- Aztec (archaeological culture)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_8283
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65e0fee41-4726-4af9-9d95-85ecce60f86f
