Tepotzotlan No. 2 / Tepotzotlán

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15950TEP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1521? [basin only]
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century[altered] [basin only] [composite font], Pre-Columbian / Mexica
Museum: Museo Nacional del Virreinato [antiguo excolegio jesuita e Iglesia de S. Francisco Javier]
Church / Chapel Name: Museo Nacional del Virreinato [antiguo excolegio jesuita e Iglesia de S. Francisco Javier]
Font Location in Church: [inside the museum]
Church Address: Hidalgo, 99, San Martin, 54600 Tepotzotlán, Méx., Mexico -- Tel.: +52 55 5876 0245
Site Location: México, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located off road 57D, 19 km N of Tlalnepantla de Baz, on the Mexico-Queretaro road, 45 km N of Mexico city
Additional Comments: altered font / re-cycled Mexica sculpture
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Moctezuma (2009): "Baptismal font fashioned from an inverted Mexica sculpture of Quetzalcoatl, modified in the early years of the colonial period" [ca. 1521]; the object had the head of the serpent originally, but it was chiselled off and a hole drilled through its centre to sevre as drain for the basin that was hollowed out of it. The object is now a round shallow basin with the outer sides decorated with carved feathers representing the plumed serpent god, Quetzalcoatl.

COORDINATES

UTM: 14Q 476715 2179735
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 19.712972, -99.222194
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 19° 42′ 46.7″ N, 99° 13′ 19.9″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, volcanic stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 135 cm*
Basin Total Height: 35 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in Moctezuma (2009)]

REFERENCES

  • Moctezuma, Aztec ruler, London: The British Museum Press, 2009, Cat. 119, p. 274, and fig. 78 on p. 260