Tecali No. 2 / Tecali de Herrera
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11849TEC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Tequitqui
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Cuauhxicalli-type
Cognate Fonts: one of three such stoups in the temple
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol de Tecali
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Av Rafael Cortés Ote 10, 75240 Tecali de Herrera, Pue., Mexico
Site Location: Puebla, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Tecali (or Tecali de Herrera) is located S road 150D. about 46 kms from Puebla on the Tepeaca road (or 37 kms following the Valsequillo road)
Font Notes:
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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]
COORDINATES
UTM: 14Q 607072 2090070
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, p. 170