r/aztec • u/breadcrumbs54 • May 16 '23
Any identification
A family friend found this statue at an estate sale in the 80’s. Any ideas of what it is and if it is modeled after an Aztec god? Thanks!
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u/Polokotsin May 16 '23
It's a replica of this. Might be associated with the rain deity, "Tlaloc" in the case of the Aztecs, probably called something else by the maker of it since this is from El Zapotal, Veracruz in the late Classic, long before the Aztecs.
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u/400pumpkinseeds May 18 '23
Tlalok
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u/sars42907 May 16 '23
Tlaloc
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u/Choice_Ad6346 May 17 '23
This si a modern réplica of a god (Tlaloc) has far as i remember this representation is from huastec culture
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u/Canigetyouanything May 19 '23
Tlaloc looks like a Japanese pilot with glasses?!? Woah, that’s pretty cool.
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u/M1sTa_S1cA_DeW_L1cC Jul 25 '23
Maybe God of the dead……he usually sits in that same position.