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Title:Coiled Serpent
Date:15th–16th century
Geography:Mexico, Mesoamerica
Culture:Mexica (Aztec)
Medium:Stone, pigment
Dimensions:H.14 x W. 12 1/4 x D. 12 3/8 in. (35.6 x 31.1 x 31.5 cm)
Classification:Stone-Sculpture
Credit Line:The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Object Number:1979.206.477
[Stendahl Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, until 1957]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1957, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1957–1978
Museum of Primitive Art. "Stone Sculpture from Mexico," May 20, 1959–September 6, 1959.
Museum of Primitive Art. "Masterpieces from the Americas," May 20, 1964–November 11, 1964.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art of Oceania, Africa and the Americas from The Museum of Primitive Art," May 10–August 17, 1969.
Fine Arts Center, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus. "Pre-Columbian Sculpture," April 12, 1970.
Museum of Primitive Art. "Birds, Beasts and Fantastic Creatures from the Museum Collection," June 17, 1970–September 13, 1970.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Fakes & Forgeries," July 11, 1973–September 29, 1973.
American Federation of Arts. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," January 5, 1975–May 15, 1977.
Seattle Art Museum. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," January 5, 1975–February 16, 1975.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," March 23, 1975–May 4, 1975.
Dallas Museum of Art. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," June 8, 1975–July 20, 1975.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," August 25, 1975–October 10, 1975.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," November 9, 1975–December 21, 1975.
Toledo Museum of Art. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," April 11, 1976–May 25, 1976.
Walker Art Center. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," June 27, 1976–August 8, 1976.
Denver Art Museum. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," September 10, 1976–November 7, 1976.
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," March 12, 1977–May 15, 1977.
Museum of Primitive Art. Sculpture from Mexico Selected from the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art. New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1964, pl. 27.
Museum of Primitive Art. Masterpieces in the Museum of Primitive Art: Africa, Oceania, North America, Mexico, Central to South America, Peru. Handbook series. New York, NY: Museum of Primitive Art, 1965, no. 102, pl. 105.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, no. 610.
American Federation of Arts. Primitive Art Masterworks: an exhibition jointly organized by the Museum of Primitive Art and the American Federation of Arts, New York. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1974, no. 18.
Newton, Douglas. Masterpieces of Primitive Art: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978, p. 205 bottom.
Nicholson, H. B. Art of Aztec Mexico: Treasures of Tenochtitlan. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1983, pp. 129–144.
Pasztory, Esther. Aztec Art. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1983, p. 234, pl. 217.
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