Vessel, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Ceremonial vessel, possibly representing the human skin worn by the god Xipe and used to contain the skins of his victims during the Tlacaxipehualiztli festival, from the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, Mexica, Aztec, in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, or National Museum of Anthropology, in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14153901
Media ID
45905720
Size
8268px x 5810px
(7.3MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
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