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Huehueteotl, the Fire God
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Huehueteotl, the Fire God

Artist/Maker (Central Highlands, Mexico)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumstone
DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 x 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (22.5 x 23.2 x 23.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Alfred I. Barton
Terms
    Object number62.045.002
    DescriptionThe figure of a seated, bent old man supporting a brazier on his head is a well-known image of Teotihuacan, Huehueteotl the Fire God. Vertical bar and diamond shapes adorn the upper edge of the brazier. The mouth is bordered with two protruding fangs and the ears hold plain ear spools. In the Huichol area the fire god is the primary deity. Legend has it that he keeps the sky from falling by raising four trees in each corner. He also presides over the daily birth of the sun.
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mask of a God and Two Panel Figures
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 400
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Suspended Bowl
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Bahía
    500 BCE-500 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mola
    Guna people
    after 1950
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tripod Bowl
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 350-550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mask
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 250-550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mask
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 250-550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Vulcan Being Crowned by Bona Dea
    Edouard Félicien Alexis Pépin
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    The Contest of Apollo and Marsyas or Pan
    ca. 1545
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Funerary Urn
    Zapotec
    ca. 600-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Double Chamber Jar
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 600-900
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