Figure of a Warrior
after 1325 (thermoluminescence date of casting core, 1345–1575)
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Figure of a Warrior, after 1325 (thermoluminescence date of casting core, 1345–1575). Central Mexico, Tetzcoco?, Aztec, Post-Classic Period. Gold-silver-copper alloy (cast); overall: 11.2 x 6.1 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1984.37 The calendar glyphs on the figure's back read "2 Rabbit, 3 Water."
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- gold-silver-copper alloy (cast)
- Medium
- gold-silver-copper, alloy, cast
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.2 x 6.1 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1984.37
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1984, Treasures of the New World, Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME], The Aztecs, The Aztec Empire, <em>Tresors du Nouveau Monde</em>, Musess Royaux d' Art et d' Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (1992).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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