SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
Toltec

File number:- mgb0069

© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison

Tula, Mexico. A Toltec Atlante figure and pillar on the Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. The Atlantes represented warriors. They have feathered headdresses, on the chest a breastplate in the form of a butterfly, and short skirts with a huge belt knotted in front.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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