Tecali No. 2 / Tecali de Herrera

INFORMATION

FontID: 11849TEC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Puebla
Directions to Site: Tecali (or Tecali de Herrera) is located about 46 kms from Puebla on the Tepeaca road (or 37 kms following the Valsequillo road)
Century and Period: 16th century, Tequitqui
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Cuauhxicalli-type
Cognate Fonts: one of three such stoups in the temple
Sotomayor (1963) notes three admirable holy-water stoups of very large size, carved in a characteristically indigenous style which alternates with Christian monograms; he points out that their cylindrical shape is a clear reference to the pre-Hispanic 'cuauhxicalli', the vessel used for the offering of the human hearts to the deities. [cf. Index entry for Tecali No. 1 for full details of one of these stoups]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Sotomayor, Arturo, Viajes al pasado de México, México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1963