Mould for small figurines

Mould for small figurines, with plaster figure, model height 12cms., plaster figure height 13 cms., c.1350-1521 CE, Mexica (Aztec), Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels.

Small figures like models of temples and especially anthropomorphic figures were mass-produced. They were made in moulds like the one exhibited here and served as pendants or decorated house altars.

From Aztecs, eds. Doris Kurella, Martin Berger and Inés de Castro, with INAH, Mexico - catalogue for the exhibition Azteken, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Hirmer Publishers, Germany, 2019, p. 292.

Photo by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore.