prev - home - index - next Manufactured with an extremely fine orange clay, this unusual vessel/figurine dons what appear to be round goggles sitting on his forehead, possibly in association with a rain/war deity linked with these objects and which later came to be known as Tláloc. Seated figurine vessel Teotihuacan Early Classic (300-550 A.D.) Teotihuacan, State of Mexico Clay 17 x 19 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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