Summary

DescriptionCoiled Serpent dli 1605809724.jpg	English: The Aztecs created many zoomorphic sculptures, but the serpent is one of the most commonly depicted animals in Aztec sculpture. This sculpture of a coiled serpent from the British Museum is seen as one of the finest examples of the genre (National Gallery of Art: Art of Aztec Mexico: Treasures of Tenochtitlan, 1983).
Date	Late-Post Classic Period (photo taken c. 1960s - early 2000s)
Source	©David Finn Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC •Catalog: https://library.nga.gov/permalink/01NGA_INST/1p5jkvq/alma994148483004896
Author	Photo by David Finn
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