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Coiled Rattlesnake sculpture
Unknown artist, 16th century BC
An aztec Sculpture in hard black stone with red and white veins of a tightly coiled rattlesnake holding a human head in its jaws with low-relief carving representing a human head and other (indecipherable) features.
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Title of artwork, date
Coiled Rattlesnake sculpture, 16th century BC
Date supported
1957
Medium and material
Stone
Dimensions
10 cm
Gifted by
A J Hugh Smith
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