Serpent Labret with Articulated Tongue

Mexica artist(s)

1300–1521 CE

Serpent Labret with Articulated Tongue by Mexica artist(s)

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

H. 2 5/8 × W.1 3/4 × D. 2 5/8 in. (6.67 × 4.45 × 6.67 cm) Wt. 1.81 oz (51.35 g)

Classification

Metal-Ornaments

Culture

Aztec

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 2015 Benefit Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2016

Accession Number

2016.64

Tags

Serpents

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