Maize Deity
Made from rough volcanic stone, this statue is simply sculpted, with a deliberately placed rectangular cavity in its chest. The Aztec people, or the Mexica as they called themselves, would insert a green stone in this space in a religious ritual. Jade was symbolic of water, pl...
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80354
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sculpture
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normalized
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Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, December 15, 1944, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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4
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