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Teotihuacan: Tetitla (Portico 11, Mural 3), Great Goddess (detail)
Painted stucco; H. 43 1/4 in. (110 cm)
Vibrantly colored images of the Great Goddess were repeated around the sloping interior base walls, or taluds, of many Teotihuacan apartment buildings.