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General Aztecs Maya Tocuaro Kids Contact 19 Apr 2021/3 Alligator

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‘Circle of Friends’ figure

‘Desert Island Artefacts’

Topilli (staff)

Important Mexica artefacts

Sea shell or conch

‘The Power of Brooms’

Feathers in Aztec and Maya headdresses

‘Moctezuma’s Headdress’ - update

Chimalli or shield: defensive weapon par excellence

Obsidian monkey jar

Slave’s collar

Mexico community education

‘Headdress of Cuauhtémoc’

Featherwork shield

Genuine or fake?

‘Birthing Figure’

Stone jaguar’s head

Chocolate whisk

See and Be Seen: (‘Smoking’) Mirrors

Study the... FAMILY CHEST

Personified knives

Ancient metate at the V&A

Study the... PETATE

Study the... DIGGING STICK

Study the... HEARTH

Aztec high-chair?

Tzictli (part 1)

Aztec microphone?

Tzictli (part 2)

The Chewing Gum Tree

Chewing Gum used for other Purposes

A family of deities?

‘Host’ figurines

Pre-Hispanic marbles, or jacks?

Artefacts in the Spotlight

Whole Archive at a Glance

‘Personified’ flint knife

Water monster plaque

Xipe Totec warrior

Aztec fertility goddess

Deified warrior

Altar of nocturnal animals

Mictlantecuhtli

Detail from turquoise disk

Quetzalcóatl-Ehécatl

Urn with image of Mictlantecuhtli

Huaxtec female deities

Man with cacao pod

Head with lip-plug

Eagle cuauhxicalli

Greenstone Huitzilopochtli

Stone cactus fragment

Jaguar warrior sculpture

Cactus boundary marker

Head of an Eagle Warrior

Teocalli of sacred warfare

Statue of Xiuhtecuhtli

Greenstone heart

Rattlesnake fragment

Feathered serpent ‘1-Reed’

Bundle of years (side view)

4-hole ceramic flute

Greenstone beads

Teotihuacán shell trumpet

Macehualli (commoner)

Squash (pumpkin) with its flower

Head of Quetzalcóatl, Feathered Serpent

Head of a youth

Ballgame offering

Chalchihuitl glyph

Dedication stone from the Templo Mayor

Reproduction chalice cover

Wind god mirror

Staghorn sceptre

Miniature chac mool

Stone teponaztli sculpture

Stone bust of Quetzalcóatl

Stone altar of skulls

Skull and crossbones dish

Woman with child

Giant shell sculpture

Olmec altar with two small human figures

Eagle and Jaguar ‘talking’

Altar with the date 10 Rabbit

Head of a feathered serpent

Hourglass-shaped goblets

Fragment of a stone frieze

Woman in festive attire with a child

Funerary urn with lid

Coiled Fire Serpent

Altar of the warriors

Gold objects from the Templo Mayor

Maya Stone Lintel

Wooden ceremonial shield with inlay

Maya jadeite plaque

Incense burner with Chicomecoatl

Large stone serpent head

Coiled rattlesnake

Turquoise mosaic helmet

Seated Mictlantecuhtli figure

Mixtec jug with butterfly

Golden eagle bas relief

Turquoise mosaic animal head

Jaguar-head pendant

Two-toned drum (teponaztli)

Codex Moctezuma

Enconchado series 1

Omichicahuaztli

Cihuatéotl (2)

Pipes in the form of ducks

Eagle vessel fragment with date 2 Reed

Screen with scenes from the conquest of Mexico - Aztec musicians and dancers in a canoe

Teponaztli in Paris

Huaxtec shell pendant

Quartz rabbit pendant

Head of unidentified goddess

Huehueteotl (Olmec)

Cihuateotl (Central Veracruz)

Pottery figure of a drummer

Bat incense burner

Decapitated ballplayer

Sky throne figure

Jadeite figurine of an eagle warrior

Stylised human head

Manuscript tracing of a sculpture

Codex Zouche-Nuttall or Codex Tonindeyé

Codex Cozcatzin - Moctezuma’s heirs

Model ballcourt

9-link gold necklace

Skull from the skull rack tzompantli

Obsidian mirror

Head of the god Xochipilli

Mictlantecuhtli (2)

Prehispanic mask of 3 ages

Tripod ceremonial plate

Lip plug with gold inlay

Two feather shields

Reclining jaguar

Tlaloc stone relief

Gold bird pendant

‘13-Jaguar’ stone relief

Lienzo Vischer II

Huehueteotl-Xiuhtecuhtli

Copper axe money

Earrings of Coyolxauhqui

Smiling figure from Veracruz

Miniature eagle warrior

Stone snake sculpture

Seashells pendant

Stone dog sculpture

Artefact of the Week

Whole Archive at a Glance

Snake Sculpture

Featherwork Shield

Xipe Totec mask

Quetzalcóatl mask

Twin-headed snake

Quetzalcóatl/Venus

Tezcatlipoca mask

Feathered Serpent Relief

Dancers’ whistles

Tonatiuh relief

Turquoise encrusted shield

‘Red Temple’ excavation

Conch shell adornment

Domestic pottery

Small Aztec flutes

Mixtec gold pectoral

Colonial chalice cover

Household figures

Eagle-head pipe

Xipe Totec stone figure

Tonatiuh and ‘movement’

Xochipilli or Xochiquetzal

Xiuhcóatl at Tenayuca

Head of Xochiquetzal

Ozomatli (monkey)

Snake wall, Templo Mayor

Small pottery idol

More Aztec pottery

Spear throwers (back)

Mixtec gold sun pendant

Detail of Moctezuma’s headdress

Xipe Totec head

Mictlancíhuatl

Wind god/porter

Small pottery idol

Collapsed skullrack

Cuauhxicalli

Courtesy of the Werner-Forman Archive

Close up of a polychrome cuauhxicalli figure (reclining human figure with a sacrificial tray on his lap - popularly known as ‘chac-mool’). This particular figure, in the ruins of the Templo Mayor in central Mexico City, is apparently unique, being the only one ever found with its original colouring. (Credit: NJ Saunders)

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