Apr 5, 2025
~ Human Skull With Mosaic Designs.
Culture: Mixteca-Puebla
Period: Late Postclassic
Date: A.D. 1300-1520
Medium: Bone, stone and shell
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~ Human Skull With Mosaic Designs.
Culture: Mixteca-Puebla
Period: Late Postclassic
Date: A.D. 1300-1520
Medium: Bone, stone and shell
Monolith of the Goddess Mayahuel from Mexico dated between 1469 - 1481 on display at the Templo Mayor Museum in Mexico City, Mexico
According to Aztec myths, the goddess Mayahuel (Circle of Catus Stalks) died during an act of creation giving birth to the divinities of maguey and pulque, the sacred drink of the Aztecs. This was a thick, white alcoholic beverage made from fermented maguey, a type of agave, juice. She is represented dead in this monolith and with very similar charateristics as those of Earth deities, such as gaunt mouth, disc earplugs and circles on the cheeks.
The other objects accompanied this piece as an offering in Chamber 1, located under the circular sculpture of th egoddess Coyolxauhqui, in Stage IVb of the Templo Mayor.
Photographs taken by myself 2024
~ Skull Necklace.
Culture: Aztec
Period: Late Postclassic
Date: A.D. 1200-1520
Medium: Shell
"Standard Bearer" Sculpture from Mexico dated around 1454 on display at the Templo mayor Museum in Mexico City, Mexico
This sculpture was found leaning over the main stair case of the Templo Mayor. It was thought to have been left with others as an offering by the Aztecs when they began construction under the reign of Moctezuma I.
This is often referred to as a "Standard Bearer" style of sculpture since they have one of their hands in position to hold a flagpole. At the same time they have a cavity on their chests that probably was used to keep a green stone as a symbolic heart.
Photographs taken by myself 2024
~ Representation of a Skull.
Culture: Mixtec-Puebla
Region Central plateau (?), Mexico
Period : Late Postclassic
Date: A.D. 1200-1521
Medium: Carved obsidian, inlaid with shell and bone
~ Snake Head.
Culture: Aztec
Period: Late Postclassic
Date: A.D. 1200-1520
Medium: Serpentine
Skull Mask from Mexico dated to the 15th Century on display at the Templo Mayor Museum in Mexico City, Mexico
This mask was manufactured with the front part of a human skull and discs made of shell and pyrite in the eye holes. These masks were placed on various offerings of the Templo Mayor. In some cases, they also have knives made of flint stone inserted in the nasal and oral cavities.
Photographs taken by myself 2024
~ Mask of Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the Underworld.
Culture: Aztec (Mexica)
Place of origin: Mexico
Date: A.D. 1450-1521
Period: Late Postclassic
Medium: Wood, white ground with traces of black and red paint.