Polychrome Plate, Tlaloc Head
Artist
Unknown
CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date600-900
MediumCeramic | Polychrome
DimensionsOverall: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman and Museum purchase
Object number86.445
Not on view
DescriptionPolychrome plate depicting a Tlaloc head. Tlaloc is the central Mexican rain god, distinguished by the goggle encircling his eye and by his hoop shaped upper lip, with the row of large fangs below it.Published ReferencesMichael D. Coe, _Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of May Ceramics_, (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1982), no. 51, p. 97.
