Seated Figure Wearing a Skin
https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.246
This type of image-showing a human clothed in a sacrificial victim’s skin, visible around the mouth and wrists-is one of the most awesome created by Mesoamerican artists. The figure represents the deity Xipe Totec or a human impersonator. Among the later Aztecs, Xipe was assoc...
Sculpture
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id
155535
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60740033"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1990.246
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.246/1990.246_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.246/1990.246_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.246/1990.246_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Mexico, Gulf Coast
Technique
earthenware, slip
Medium
earthenware, slip
Genre
Sculpture
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
belongs_to