Aztec
Head fragment of a goddess
Aztec, 1299-1520
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, plumbate-like red slip, 1 3/4 × 2 9/16 × 1 1/8 in. (4.4 × 6.5 × 2.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of A. Harvey and Phyllis K. Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1983.165
Mold made fragment shows face and partial feathered, tasseled headdress (damaged). Mouth slightly ajar, nose broken off at tip. Circular earspools connected by hairband. Indentation in rear; would have been attached to figure, vase, insensario or other armature.
