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Seated Corn Deity Urn

900 - 1100 CE
10th-12th century
11 1/4 in. x 8 in. x 5 1/2 in. (28.58 cm x 20.32 cm x 13.97 cm)

Zapotec, Monte Alban IV, (active 900–1100)

Object Type: Pre-Columbian
Medium and Support: Ceramic
Credit Line: Gift of William O. Gross Jr.
Accession Number: 1994.037

Object Description
Seated Zapotec Corn God (God of the cornfield) Petao Cozobi; with Glyph of God L. Grey clay funerary urn with broad headdress of six maize ears (left corner broken) holding a serpent symbol in one hand and an incense jar in the other. Traces of red paint. Crudely made but important for symbols.

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Ancient Americas, Corn god/Centeotl (Aztec), Deity, Figure, Food, Pre-Columbian

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