New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Corn Goddess Figure

Artist Unknown

CulturePre-Columbian | Aztec

Date1300-1500

MediumStone | Stucco

DimensionsOverall: 25 x 12 in. (63.5 x 30.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jack Chrysler in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number93.32.29

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Ancient American Art

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DescriptionCorn Goddess figure with large Tlaloc (Year Sign Headdress) with ornate round flanges and squared crest motif. Figure wears contoured huipil which has been drawn in around the waist. Entire effigy is covered with white stucco matrix. Face is curiously rendered in purest Teotihuacan styles. The hands rest downward at each side.