Cocotitlan / Cocotitlán

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06906COC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Pre-Columbian
Church / Chapel Name: Exconvento franciscano
Site Location: México, Mexico, North America
Additional Comments: recycled stoup - formerly a tepletacalli, Aztec stone box
Font Notes:
Listed in Reyes-Valerio (2000: 367) as a "tepletacalli" [=stone box] of pre-Columbian origin re-used as holy-water stoup.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Reyes-Valerio, Constantino, Arte indocristiano, México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2000, p. 367