Teotihuacan
Head fragment of Huehueteotl
Teotihuacan, 100-750
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, mold-made, 1 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (4.7 × 4 × 2.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCavitt, Plantation, Florida
Object Number
1993.424
Head portion of solid clay figure representing Huehueteotl, the "Old God" of Central Mexico (household deity, 'fundamental god of the hearth'). This example shows distorted cheeks, oversized ear disks and head cover like a bishop's miter. See also 1993.356, 1993.377, 1993.344.
