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WORKS of ORIGINAL AZTEC and MIXTEC ART 1) Statue Of WORKS OF ORIGINAL AZTEC AND MIXTEC ART 33" 1) Statue of chicomecoatl. Aztec. Red volcanic stone. high X 15 1/2" wide X 7". 2) Statue of Chicomecoatl. Aztec. Basalt. 15" high X 7" wide X 6" • 3) Jaguar Mortar. Aztec style (Guerrero). Stone with mica particles, length 10 1/2" X width 6X3 1/2" high. 4) Phallic Tlaloc . Aztec . Stone. 8 1/2" high X 6" wide X 5". 6" 5) Mortar in the Shape of a Pulque Bowl. Aztec. Stone high X 5 3/4" diameter. 6) Pulque Bowl Lid. Aztec. Stone. 5 1/4" diameter. 7) Large Panel of Dancing Deity Macuilxochitl or Impersonator (Ixiptla). Aztec. Basalt. 22 1/2" high X 14 1/2" wide X 4 1/2" thick. Heavy. 8) Hunchbacked Figure (probably Xolotl). Aztec. Basalt. 7" high X 4" wide X 4". 9) Head of Ehecatl. Aztec. Volcanic Stone. 9 1/2" high X 7" wide X 6". (Crude). 10) Double Brazier (candelario?). Aztec. Red volcanic stone. 4 3/4" high X 4 3/4" wide X 2 1/2". 11 ) Head of "Macehualli." Aztec. Red volcanic stone. 13 1 /2" high (with stand) X 7 1/2". 12) Head of "Macehualli." Aztei c. Grey volcanic stone. 12 1 /2" high (with stand). X 5". X 5" 13) Xiuhtecuhtli. Aztec. Grey volcanic stone. 8"1 high wide X 5 1/2". 14) "Chichimec" Skull. Aztec. Basalt. 8" high X 6" wide X 5 1/2" • 15) Head of Xipe Totec. Aztec. Red Stone. 13" high (with stand) X 8" • Skull. Aztec. Volcanic stone (with red paint). high 16) 5" X 6 1/4" X 3 3/4". 17) Box Lid (Tepetlacalli) or Small Altar. Aztec. Red stone. 9" high X 14" long X 5 1/2" thick. Carved with the image of the Solar Disk and the date "Nahui Ollin". 18) Snake with Human Head Emerging from its Mouth. Aztec. Red stone. 8 1/2" high X 8" diameter. 19) Plaque with Solar Disk and Priests. Mixtec. Greenstone. 4" high X 6 1/2" long X 1/4" thick. 20) Obsidian Mirror. Aztec? Stone. 2 1/4" diameter. 21) Crystal Eagle. Aztec. Stone. 3 1/4" long X 2" wide. 22) Crystal Rabbit. Aztec. Stone. 2 1/4" long X 3/4" wide. 23) Crystal Skull. Aztec. Stone. 1" diameter. 24) Mask of Xipe Totec. Mixtec. Greenstone. 7/8" diameter. 25) Two Obsidian Earspools. Mixtec - Aztec. Stone. 1 1 /8 diameter. 26) Two Gold Earspools. Mixtec - Aztec. Of thin gold foil 1 1/2" diameter. 27) [ sic ] 28) Two Obsidian Earspools. Mixtec - Aztec. With thin gold covering with solar imagery. Also an Obsidian and Gold Labret 1 1/2" diameter. 29) Two Thin Cast Gold Earrings, with solar imagery. Mixtec. 1 1/2" diameter. ( Bowl contains items 26 - 29, and 31 - 35). 29) Two Obsidian Earspools, with gold caps. Mixtec - Aztec. 1" diameter. 30) Two Red Shell Earrings. Mixtec. Each of two parts representing flowers. Jade is modern. 1 1/2" diameter. 31) Obsidian Lip Plug (Labret) with gold foil cap. Mixtec - Aztec. 1". 32) Obsidian Labret with Gold Cap. Mixtec - Aztec. 1". 33) Obsidian Labret with Gold Foil Cap. Mixtec - Aztec. 3/4". 34) Obsidian Labret with Cap of Thin Gold. Mixtec - Aztec. 3/4". 35) Gold Bead with Charcoal Core. Mixtec. 1/2". 36) Greenstone Bead Macaw Head. Mixtec? 1". 37) Head of Tezcatlipoca? Amber or Resin. Aztec. 1 3/4" high. 38) Atlatl End. Eagle bone tipped with carved head of an eagle. Aztec. 5" long. 39) Atlatl End. Deer Antler Carved with Fire Serpent Imagery. Aztec. 4 3/4" long. 40) Pointed Bloodletter with Skull Carving and Preciousness Symbols. Eagle bone. Aztec. 4" long. 41) Tonantzin, Mother Goddess. East Coast Aztec? 21" high X 11" wide X 11 1/2" deep. 42) Hand with Head of Fire God, Xiuhtecuhtli - Huehueteotl. Clay. Remojadas culture. 9 1/4" long X 5 1/2" wide X 5" high. 43) Brazier with Flower Imagery. Clay. Aztec. 18 3/4" high X 16" diameter. 44) Brazier with Three Spherical Feet and Chalchihuitl symbols. Clay. Aztec. 8 3/4" high X 10 1/4" diameter. 45) Incense Burner (Tlemaitl). Clay. Aztec. 27" long X 10" wide. 46) Incense Burner (Tlemaitl). Clay. Aztec. 38" long X 9" wide. 47) Tlaloc Bottle. Clay with traces of blue paint. Aztec? 5 1/2" high X 2 3/4" wide. 48) Head of Tlaloc. Clay. Mixtec. 11" high (with stand) X 6" wide. 49) Tlaloc Figure Standing on Altar. Clay. Central Mexican. 10" high X 5 1/4" wide X 5". 50) Vase with Modelled Image of Chalchihuitlicue. Clay. Aztec. 9 1/2" high X 9 1/2" diameter. 51) Head of Huastec Priest. Clay. Aztec. 27" high (with stand) X 11" wide X 9 1/2". (not to be displayed). 52) Decapitated Head of Pulgue God or Priest. Clay. Mixtec. 8 1/4" high X 7 1/2" wide. 53) Head of Macuilxochitl. Painted Clay. Mixtec. 8" high (with stand) X 5" wide. 54) Xantil (figural brazier) of Macuilxochitl. Painted Clay. Mixtec. 15" high X 9 1/4" wide. 55) Head of Macuilxochitl. Painted Clay. Mixtec. 9" high. 56) Tripod Bowl. Clay. Western Mixtec. 4" high X 6 1/2" diameter. (I don't know what bowl this is, perhaps a flanged leg bowl?). 57) Bowl with Painted Cut Shell and Ollin Motifs. Clay. Aztec, (from the Volador Plaza of Tenochtitlan). 2 1/2" high X 8 3/4 diameter. 58) Red Globular Pedestal Bowl with Rattles and Painted. with Deer and Xihuitl Motifs. Clay. Western Mixtec. 6 3/4" high X 5 3/4" diameter. 59) Orange Tripod Plate with Eagle Head Painted in Center. Clay. Mixtec. 4" high X 9 1/2" diameter, (not to be displayed). 60) Red and Graphite Black Pitcher. Clay. Aztec. 9" high X 7" wide. 61) Red and Graphite Black Pitcher (with spout). Clay. Aztec. 9 3/4" high X 8" diameter. 62) Red Beaker with Relief Stamped Images of Macuilxochitl and Plummed Chalchihuitl Designs. Clay. Aztec. 9 3/4" high X 4 3/4 diameter. 63) Temple Model with Figure of Xolotl. Clay. Aztec. 5 1/2" high X 2 1/2". 64) Temple Model with Sacrificial Block. Clay. Aztec. 4 3/4" high. 65) Temple Model (plain round). Clay. Aztec. 4 3/4" high. 66) Temple Model ( round, no white paint). Clay. Aztec. 5" high. 67) Temple Model (with traces of white paint). Clay. Aztec. 6 1/4" high, (not illustrated) 68) Goblet with Eagle (or Coxcoxtli bird) Painted on Upper Rim. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula. 6 1/8" X 7 1/4" diameter. 69) Small Pedestal Bowl with Orange and White Panels and Black Designs. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula. 4 1/8" high X 5 1/4" diameter. 70) Small Plate with Coxcoxtli Bird and Festival Designs. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula. 2" high X 7 1/2" diameter. 71) Tripod Orange and Black Globular Bowl. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula. 5 3/4" high X 6 3/4" diameter. 72) Dark Pedestal Goblet with Cloud and Macuilxochitl Imagery. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula. 7" high X 7 3/4" diameter. 73) Orange Pedestal Goblet with Eagle Roundels. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula. 7" high X 6 3/4" diameter. 74) Orange Plate with Glyph in Center. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula? 8 3/4" diameter. 75) Cream-colored Tripod Plate. Clay. Aztec IV. Tenochtitlan. 3 1/4" high X 8 1/2" diameter. 76) Flanged-legged Tripod Bowl with Red and White "Butterfly" Imagery. Clay. Western Mixtec? Approx. 3 1/2" high X 6" diameter. 77) Yellow, Black, White and Red Goblet on Slight Pedestal base. Clay. Mixtec. 5 1/2" high X 5 1/2" diameter. 78) Tripod Plate with Fire Serpent Head Design in Center. Clay. Mixtec. Cholula? 3 1/2" high X 8 3/4" diameter. 79) Small Plain Red Bowl with Head and Front Legs of Coatemundi Protruding. Clay. Western Mixtec? Approx. 5" high X 5 1/2" wide. 80) Sacrificial Knife Blade. Flint. Aztec. Tlatelolco. 7 3/4" length X 3" width. 81) Greenstone Tlaloc. Mixtec. 6 1/4" high X 2 1/2" wide. 82) Xochiquetzal. Clay. Aztec. 5 1/2" high. 83) Cup Modelled with Head of Bearded Warrior (Mixcoati?). Clay. Mixte*. 6 1/4" high X 6 1/2" wide. 84) Black and White "Pulque" Beaker. Clay. Aztec. 6 7/8" high X 5 1/2" diameter. (the cup with crudely painted "eye" at bottom). 85) Black and White "Pulque" Beaker. Clay. Aztec. 6" high X 6" diameter (with good drawing of skulls). 86) Black and White "Pulque" Beaker. Clay. Aztec. 4 5/8" high X 5 1/4" diameter (with circular mirror design). 87) Black and White "Pulque" Beaker. Clay. Aztec. 4 1/4" high X 4 3/4" diameter (with two skulls and descending "eye"). 88) Black and White "Pulque" Beaker. Clay. Aztec. 8 1/4" high X 6 1/2" diameter. 89) Black and White "Pulque" Beaker. Clay. Aztec. (On loan to the Dallas Museum of Art.) 90) Tripod Globular Bowl with Flanged Rim. Butterfly - Serpents Painted in Orange and White. Clay. Mixtec. 9" high X 7 1/2" diameter. 91) Small Head of Tonantzin. Clay. Aztec. 1 1/2" high. 92) Clay Stamp of a Fire Serpent (Xiuhcoatl). Mixtec or Aztec? 5 1/4" long. 93) Clay Stamp of a Monkey. Mixtec or Aztec? 3 1/2" high X 2 1/4" wide. 94) Large Finely-carved Obsidian Labret. Mixtec - Aztec. 1 1/2" long X 1" wide. 95) Small Head of Xipe Totec. Clay. Aztec. 1 1/2" high. 96) Bone Necklace of Five Human Skulls.
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