Standing Male Figure
Artist
Veracruz artist(s)
CultureClassic Veracruz
OriginRemojadas, Veracruz, Mexico
PeriodEarly Classic Period (250/300-600)
Date300 BCE - 600 CE
MediumEarthenware with pigment
DimensionsOverall: 51.6 x 23.2 x 21.6 cm (20 5/16 x 9 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
DescriptionVeracruz standing figure of Xipe Totec, Late Classic period, once carrying a trophy head in the right hand, wearing the flayed skin of the victim over his head and body. The figure has criss-crossed shoulder straps, bow-shaped bracelet, necklace of circular spools, and pendulous earrings and nose ring. The top of the head has rows of perforations, probably to hold feathers. It is painted in buff with areas of red pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.71
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on viewArtist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Bahía artist(s)
500 BCE - 200 CE
Object number: G83.1.223
Artist / Maker: Jama Coaque artist(s)
500 BCE-300 CE
Object number: G83.1.201
Artist / Maker: Quimbaya artist(s)
1000-1400
Object number: G83.1.175
