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Dumbarton Oaks Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology
Two Aztec Wood Idols
Iconographic and Chronologic Analysis
H. B. Nicholson, Rainer Berger

This discussion considers the iconographic features and radiocarbon dates of two small wood figures reportedly found in the vicinity of Texcoco. One figure represents the water goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, while the other, a nude male figure, may represent a rain deity.