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Plate with Cipactli Decoration

Plate with Cipactli Decoration

Date: before AD 1400
Medium: slipped earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/8 in. (2.5 x 25.7 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase through the Levi W. Mengel Memorial Fund
Object number: 1948.62.1
Elite members of Aztec society dined on fine ceramic plates and vessels often decorated with images of deities. This plate bears the depiction of Cipactli, the caiman or alligator that represents the earth.
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