Aztec Corn Deity, A.D. 1350 - 1520. Aztec Culture, Central Highlands, Mexico. Stone: 16" x 9" x 3". Purchased with Endowment Funds AZTEC CORN DEITY his stone figure represents the Aztec guardian goddess of corn known as Chicomecóatl (Seven Serpent). The goddess wears a towering quadrangular headdress shaped like a bark-paper house. The eyes were originally inlaid with shell or stone. In each hand Chicomecóatl holds double ears of corn wrapped in ritual bark paper.						3 of 10   Aztec Empire