Attributes
Xipe Totec is represented wearing a flayed human skin, usually with the flayed skin of the hands falling loose from the wrists. His body is often painted yellow on one side and tan on the other, although sometimes the body of the god is painted red under the flayed skin. He frequently had vertical stripes running down from his forehead to his chin, running across the eyes. He was sometimes depicted with a yellow shield and carrying a container filled with seeds. It is likely that sculptures of Xipe Totec were ritually dressed in the flayed skin of sacrificial victims.
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