Title:
Centro Cultural de la Raza Building (detail)
Creator/Contributor:
Gonzalez, Salvador, Artist
Date:
1991
Subject:
Aztec goddesses
Chicano art
Chicanos
Coatlicue (Aztec deity)
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Mural Art
Moon - In art
Serpents in art
Women
San Diego (Calif.)
Note:
Detail of the mural on the exterior of the Centro Cultural de la Raza Building depicts a nude woman in front of the moon.
A thick serpentine tail wraps around her waist, evoking the name of Coatlicue, "She of the serpent skirt".
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Type:
35mm slide
Murals
Language:
English
Spanish
Identifier:
CEMA 103
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