Puebla-style ring depicting Xipe Totec (god of spring and agriculture)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1200–1550 (Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Carlebach Gallery
label: Seller
content: Carlebach Gallery
label: Seller agent
content: Julius Carlebach (Julius Hirsch Carlebach), Non-Indian, 1909-1964
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Reading Public Museum (Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1943 from the Carlebach Gallery (New York City), operated by Julius Carlebach (1909-1964) using proceeds from collection sales to the Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery (Reading, Pennsylvania).
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place: label: Place
content: Oaxaca State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/6218
label: Barcode
content: 206218.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Puebla-style ring depicting Xipe Totec (god of spring and agriculture)
label: Media/Materials
content: Gold
label: Techniques
content: Cast, filigree
label: Dimensions
content: 3.3 x 3 x 1.7 cm