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Stone Statue from Tlaxcala, Mexico dated between 1000-1500 on display at the Weltmuseum in Vienna, Austria

The nose jewellery on the figure indicates his extremley elevated rank. Similar figures were excavated from Tula, once the capital of the Toltec Empire and home of the legendary ruler Quetzalcoatl. The Aztecs, Tlaxcaltecs and other Mesoamerican states revered and collected objects from the Toltecs and copied the Toltec style in their own art.

Photographs taken by myself 2022