Column base/support with representations of Quetzalcóatl and Tlaltecuhtli (the Earth god)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1325-1521 (Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tepaneca (Tepanec) (archaeological culture) (attributed); square hole made by the Spanish to hold a cross
label: Previous owner
content: Édouard Pingret (Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret), Non-Indian, 1785-1869
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Louis Capitan (L. Capitan/Joseph-Louis Capitan), Non-Indian, 1854-1929
label: Seller agent
content: Fernand Lair-Dubreuil, Non-Indian, 1867-1931
label: Seller agent
content: Georges Pascal Joseph Tixier, Non-Indian, b. 1874
label: Seller agent
content: Andre Portier, Non-Indian, 1886-1963
label: Auction venue
content: Hotel Drouot
label: MAI agent
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been installed in a cemetery in Coyocan at an unknown date; acquired by Édouard Pingret (Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1785-1869, a French artist who lived in Mexico in the 1850s and collected antiquities) through an exchange with a town official; inherited by Édouard Pingret's daughter; purchased by Dr. Louis Capitan (1854-1929, a French physician, anthropologist, and archaeologist) at an auction of Pingret's daughter's property following her death in France in 1909; purchased by George Heye for MAI in 1930 at an auction of items from Dr. Capitan's estate held by Fernand Lair-Dubreuil (1867-1931), Georges Pascal Joseph Tixier (b. 1874), and Andre Portier (1886-1963) at the Hotel Drouot in Paris, France.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Coyoacán; Federal District; Mexico (inferred)
label: Geographical Areas
content: Valley of Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Tepaneca (Tepanec) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Non-Indian (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Architecture/Housing
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 17/5441
label: Barcode
content: 175441.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Architecture/Housing
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Column base/support with representations of Quetzalcóatl and Tlaltecuhtli (the Earth god)
label: Media/Materials
content: Basalt, paint
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, polished, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 77.5 x 29.7 cm