Rain God Mask, 13th–14th century. Mexico, Mesoamerica. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The
Rain God Mask, 13th–14th century. Mexico, Mesoamerica. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1062) | This mask, carved from a light green serpentine, depicts the rain god Tlaloc with the characteristic ringed eyes, prominent teeth, and a mouth with an upper lip-moustache that curls on each side. He also wears a nose bar in the nasal septum. -- source link
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