Cast.- Small "Serpent's Head"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jun 1885
name: label: Collector
content: Louis H. Ayme
label: Donor Name
content: Eufemio Abadiano
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Not carved on bottom. Ex. Exhibit Hall 23 [Case 13-14] 9-17-74."
label: Notes
content: Cast of carved stone sculpture depicting feathered/plumed serpent Quetzalcoatl, Aztec. Original presumed to be in National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. This was on exhibit in NMNH Hall 23, Case 13-14 from 1954 - 1974. It was identified as an Aztec sculpture of a coiled snake (Quetzalcoatl).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Sep 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016185
label: USNM Number
content: A77221-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture