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Huastec. <em>Warrior Figure</em>, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_bw.jpg)
Huastec. Warrior Figure, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_bw.jpg)
Huastec. <em>Warrior Figure</em>, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_bw.jpg)

Huastec. Warrior Figure, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_bw.jpg)

Huastec. <em>Warrior Figure</em>, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_front_SL1.jpg)

Huastec. Warrior Figure, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_front_SL1.jpg)

Huastec. <em>Warrior Figure</em>, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_back_SL1.jpg)

Huastec. Warrior Figure, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_back_SL1.jpg)

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Warrior Figure

Arts of the Americas

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples, 4000 B.C.E.–1521 C.E.
This sculpture probably represents the god of hunting and warfare, Mixcoatl-Camaxtle (Cloud Serpent), from the pantheon of Huastec and Mexica (Aztec) deities who created and maintained the world. His beaded necklace with human hearts and belt of skulls reinforce the association with war and death. The nose rod indicates his warrior status, and he holds a hunting bag in his left hand.

Mixcoatl—who is identified by the conical headdress with two eagle feathers suspended from an eagle-down ball at the back of his head—also brought fire to humankind.
CULTURE Huastec
MEDIUM Sandstone
DATES ca. 1440-1521
DIMENSIONS 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples, 4000 B.C.E.–1521 C.E.
ACCESSION NUMBER 39.371
CREDIT LINE Frank L. Babbott Fund
RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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Huastec. <em>Warrior Figure</em>, ca. 1440-1521. Sandstone, 65 3/16 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (165.6 x 37.5 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.371. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.371_bw.jpg)
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