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• Product Number: #P-012S
• Type: Carved Column/Statue
• Material: Cultured Marble
• Finish: Antiqued Stone
• Origin: Tula, Mexico, 900 A.D.
• Size: 14.5" tall
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Product Number: #P-012S
• Type: Carved Column/Statue
• Material: Cultured Marble
• Finish: Antiqued Stone
• Origin: Tula, Mexico, 900 A.D.
• Size: 14.5" tall
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
$62.95
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HISTORY: This standing carved column reproduces one of the four, 15-foot tall pillars that supported the ceiling of the Temple of the Morning Star (the planet Venus) atop the pyramid of Quetzalcoatl. The four warriors are located in the archaeological zone of Tula (state of Hidalgo, central Mexico) and watch over an ancient city dating back to 719 B.C. Tula and Chitchen Itza were the main cities of the Toltec civilization which flourished between 900 A.D. and 1168 A.D., then mysteriously disappeared in the 11th century. The Toltecs were a highly militaristic and ritualistic society composed of many warrior castes who were skilled metallugists. They also practiced ritual sacrifice and cranial deformations. The columns represented Toltec warriors or possibly Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the plumed serpent in his guise as the morning star. The four columns, carved from basalt, show identical warriors, richly atired and dressed for battle, wearing feathered headdresses, rectangular ear pieces, belts that clasp in the rear with a large mirror, necklaces, bracelets, anklets and sandals decorated with plumed serpents. Over the chest they wear a vest with the butterfly blazon, the Toltec warrior’s emblem. They hold curved arrows In their left hands, and in their right an atlatl (a curved spear or arrow thrower) which is a highly unusual and controversial weapon not seen anywhere else.
Toltec Atlantean Warrior Carved Column
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#P-008S, cultured marble wall sculpture, 7" tall, 7" wide, 6" deep.