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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 6025
- World Region
- Middle America
- Region
- Middle America
- Country
- Mexico
- State/Province
- Oaxaca
- Geographic Location
- Valley of Oaxaca
- Archaeological Site Name
- Monte Alban
- Period
- 500 BC - AD 750
- Culture
- Zapotec
- Description
- 3 inch high gold mask of Xipe Totec -god of vegetation and corn, also the god of the workers in mosaics of turquoise and of the goldsmiths and silversmiths; Likely a belt buckle. Xipe Totec is the Flayed God. Monte Alban V, Mixtec.
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- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 3091 x 4658
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 4823
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-4823/4823
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"3 inch high gold mask of Xipe Totec -god of vegetation and corn, also the god of the workers in mosaics of turquoise and of the goldsmiths and silversmiths; Likely a belt buckle. Xipe Totec is the Flayed God. Monte Alban V, Mixtec.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-4823/4823. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 03, 2024.