Effigy of Cē Ācatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

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This effigy represents Cē Ācatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl (Our Prince One-Reed Feathered Serpent) with a serpentine-shaped helmet. Cē Ācatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl is a mythologised figure who appears in 16th century accounts of Nahua historical traditions, where he is identified as a ruler in the 10th century of the Toltecs - by Aztec tradition their predecessors who had political control of the Valley of Mexico and surrounding regions several centuries before the Aztecs themselves arrived on the scene.