Southwark Heritage

Cuming Collection, Art Collection
and Southwark Archives

Fragment

Object name: Fragment

Date: 2000 BC-1500 AD

Medium: Earthenware

Object number: C07866

DescriptionUnidentified earthenware fragment of a figurine. Grey in colour. It appears to be a foot and ankle, probably from a Tepitoton, or Penates. Tepicton or tepictoton (pl.) were small gods of the mountain in ancient Mexico. Tepicton means small idol of a god.

Culture: North America