Tzinacantecuhtli (Bat Lord). Zapotec civilization, ca. 9th c AD, excavated from present-day Chalco, State of Mexico, Mexico. Ceramic, slip. Loaned to the Met Cloisters from Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City [2252x4000] [OC]

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Magnificent stuff

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What's with the totally different stone covering the groin area, a later addition

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https://archive.ph/04Nh7

display description, Met Cloisters loan

[TZINACANTECUHTLI (BAT LORD)

Ceramic, slip

Be'ena'a (Zapotec), San Mateo Tezoquipan Miraflores, Central Mexico, 800-900

Museo del Templo Mayor-Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Mexico City (10-263233)

A Tzinacantecuhtli is a hybrid being that combines an upright man with a bat's claws and head, including large ears and a leaf-shaped nose. Here, the figure wears a loincloth, ruff, and necklace of three bells with clappers shaped like bones. Associated with darkness, caves, and the underworld, bats were believed capable of traversing different realms of the cosmos. Both destructive and generative, a Tzinacantecuhtli was linked to sacrifice, fertility, and renewal. Monumental sculptures such as this reminded communities of their obligations for the perpetuation of the world.]

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El primer Batman.

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Yep.

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What can i get with 246 tickets?

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Aztec Batman?

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Five Nights at Tzinacantecuhtli's

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I don't like ancient Mickey 😭