Quetzalcóatl Head Brooch (Prendedor cabeza de Quetzalcóatl)

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Quetzalcóatl Head Brooch (Prendedor cabeza de Quetzalcóatl)

Mexico, 1938-1944
Jewelry and Adornments; brooches
Silver
2 × 3 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (5.08 × 8.26 × 3.81 cm)
Gift of Ronald A. Belkin (M.2013.4.11)
Not currently on public view

Label

This brooch is inspired by a famous basalt feathered-sepent heart bowl of Aztec origin in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City.