RCIN 74322 - Xipe Totec (God of Goldsmiths)

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                      &lt;div class=&quot;collection-object-info-area__body&quot;&gt;A model (facsimile) gold mask of Xipe Totec, the Aztec 'God of Goldsmiths', made for a human face.&amp;nbsp;Crowned&amp;nbsp;and with pierced ears, with a leaf-shaped ornament through the nose. In a cream bark cloth-covered box&amp;nbsp;with two&amp;nbsp;front opening doors, lined with blue velvet&amp;nbsp;and satin with a brass plaque inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xipe Totec was patron of metalworkers of all kinds, but particularly associated with goldsmiths.&amp;nbsp;He was also the god of vegetation, spring and agricultural renewal, and was thought to have flayed skin like maize seeds which shed their outer covering prior to new growth.&lt;/div&gt;
          
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              &lt;p&gt;Given to Queen Elizabeth II by Mexican National Institure of Anthropology&amp;nbsp;and History during the State Visit to Mexico in 1975.&amp;nbsp;The mask is a&amp;nbsp;modern reproduction of one found at Monte Alban in Oaxaca&amp;nbsp;and dating from the pre-Columbian era.&amp;nbsp;It was discovered in 'Tomb 7', one of the richest Mesoamerican archaeological sites, by&amp;nbsp;Alfonso Caso, who began large-scale excavations there in 1931.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                &lt;p class=&quot;collection-object-info-area__alternative-title&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;God of the Goldsmiths&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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