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Priest for the God of the Dead
'Everyone put on your party hat! The Priests are in town!'
At the entrance of some of the sites at Templo Mayor, the Mexicas placed large figurines of clay, like this image representing an image of a priest of the god of the dead. He is wearing a cotton headdress with long, hanging parts and an ornament called an maxtlat, consisting of a rosette and a paper cone, where its position is said to be understood as having a phallic character.
In Spanish:
En las entradas de algunos de los recintos del Templo Mayor, los mexicas colocaban grandes figuras en barro cocido, como estas imagines representativas de sacerdotes del dios de la muerte. Llevan como insignia tocados de algodon con largos colgantes y un ornamento sobre el maxtlat, constituido por un roseton de papel y un elemento conico; por su posicion, se entiende que tienen caracter falico.
Found: Huejotzingo, Puebla
Image copyright: Travis S. (Travis), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
'Everyone put on your party hat! The Priests are in town!'
At the entrance of some of the sites at Templo Mayor, the Mexicas placed large figurines of clay, like this image representing an image of a priest of the god of the dead. He is wearing a cotton headdress with long, hanging parts and an ornament called an maxtlat, consisting of a rosette and a paper cone, where its position is said to be understood as having a phallic character.
In Spanish:
En las entradas de algunos de los recintos del Templo Mayor, los mexicas colocaban grandes figuras en barro cocido, como estas imagines representativas de sacerdotes del dios de la muerte. Llevan como insignia tocados de algodon con largos colgantes y un ornamento sobre el maxtlat, constituido por un roseton de papel y un elemento conico; por su posicion, se entiende que tienen caracter falico.
Found: Huejotzingo, Puebla
Image copyright: Travis S. (Travis), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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