SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
Toltec

File number:- mgb0009

© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison

Tula, Mexico. A Toltec Atlante figure on the Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. The Atlantes represent warriors. On their chests they have a breastplate in the form of a butterfly, and in the left hand an atlatl or dart thrower.

 

 

 

 

 

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