prev - home - index - next This enormous terracotta brazier depicts a deity with the characteristic round goggles and protruding mouthpiece that appear so frequently in Teotihuacan and later became associated with Tláloc, a widespread Rain/War god in Post-Classic Mesoamerica. Deity brazier Central Veracruz Unknown Unknown Clay with abundant remains of white, red, blue and yellow pigments 1.50 x 1.10 m. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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