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Aztec

Water Goddess (Chalchiuhtlicue)

Aztec, 1299

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Aztec

Water Goddess (Chalchiuhtlicue)

Aztec, 1299

Physical Qualities Basalt, 14 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (37.5 x 20 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1960.30.1
Darienne Turner, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ancient Americas Gallery Rotations, December 12, 2021.
"News", Baltimore Museum of Art, February 1958, ill. p. 5.
"The Wurtzburger Collection Pre-Columbian Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1958, pp. 15 and 42, ill. p. 16, fig. 1,
"A Tribute to Adelyn C. Breeskin," BMA News Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No. 4, Summber 1962, ill. p. 14.
"Water Goddess (Chalchiuhtlicue)" BMA Today issue 170 (Winter/Spring 2023): p. 3

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