The Huastecs were a people conquered by the Aztecs in the 1450's.
This statue is carved from stone and is 150 centimeters tall. Statues like this
one were the main focus of the Huastec religion. This goddess was merged with
the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl
and became the goddess of sexuality and fertility. The Huastecs believed that
carving statues of gods could be very dangerous and so they often prayed
preformed rituals and fasted while creating them.
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