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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4341198, member: 2844&quot;]The flayed skin is on the face, which was often the case with Xipe Totec priests or Xipe Totec representations.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>You can see how he has two mouths, the victim&#039;s on the surface layer of skin, and his own underneath that. The same with his eyes.</p><p>The text says about his body &quot;vigorously articulated body covering.&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://kimbellart.org/collection/ap-197939" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://kimbellart.org/collection/ap-197939" rel="nofollow">https://kimbellart.org/collection/ap-197939</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think in this case Xipe Totec is represented as wearing skin on his head, and leaves (spring) on his body. Death and rebirth, two aspects of Xipe Totec in one representation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Drew&#039;s figurine has Maya features and Xipe Totec is Aztec, but it is possible the maker combined two cultures, of course. But the Maya head doesn&#039;t have an extra skin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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