Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source circa 1927.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Aztec (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Date created
- AD 1325–1521 (Post Classic period)
- Object Name
- Figure of Tlaloc (the Rain God)
- Media/Materials
- Scoria
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground
- Dimensions
- 28 x 20 x 38 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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