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Obsidian monkey jar

Slave’s collar

Mexico community education

Coatlicue

‘Headdress of Cuauhtémoc’

Throne

See and Be Seen: (‘Smoking’) Mirrors

Study the... FAMILY CHEST

Personified knives

Ancient metate at the V&A

Atlatl

Study the... DIGGING STICK

Uictli

Chewing Gum used for other Purposes

Metate

Pre-Hispanic marbles, or jacks?

Artefacts in the Spotlight

Whole Archive at a Glance

Xiuhmolpilli

‘Personified’ flint knife

Aztec fertility goddess

Altar of nocturnal animals

Mictlantecuhtli

Chacmool

Detail from turquoise disk

Quetzalcóatl-Ehécatl

Urn with image of Mictlantecuhtli

Huaxtec female deities

Greenstone Huitzilopochtli

Turquoise Mask

Censer

Stone cactus fragment

Gold pendant

Jaguar warrior sculpture

Cactus boundary marker

Teponaztli

Codex Durán

Head of an Eagle Warrior

Teocalli of sacred warfare

Statue of Xiuhtecuhtli

Feathered serpent ‘1-Reed’

Bundle of years (side view)

4-hole ceramic flute

Greenstone beads

Ear-spools

Teotihuacán shell trumpet

Macehualli (commoner)

Pato loco

Squash (pumpkin) with its flower

Head of Quetzalcóatl, Feathered Serpent

Dedication stone from the Templo Mayor

Reproduction chalice cover

Stone teponaztli sculpture

Stone bust of Quetzalcóatl

Skull goblets

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’

Chicahuaztli

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)

Pipes in the form of ducks

Seated couple

Eagle vessel fragment with date 2 Reed

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

Fish

Teponaztli in Paris

Huaxtec shell pendant

Quartz rabbit pendant

Head of unidentified goddess

Twins

Huehueteotl (Olmec)

Cihuateotl (Central Veracruz)

Jaguar nahual

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

Serpent figure

Chicomecóatl

Lizard

Codex Cozcatzin - Moctezuma’s heirs

Model ballcourt

9-link gold necklace

Almena

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

Artefact of the Week

Whole Archive at a Glance

Feathered Serpent Relief

Dancers’ whistles

Tonatiuh relief

Turquoise encrusted shield

‘Red Temple’ excavation

Conch shell adornment

Colonial chalice cover

Household figures

Model temple

Eagle-head pipe

Xipe Totec stone figure

Xiuhtecuhtli

Tonatiuh and ‘movement’

Xochipilli or Xochiquetzal

Xiuhcóatl at Tenayuca

Snake wall, Templo Mayor

Small pottery idol

Pottery dishes

More Aztec pottery

Spear throwers (back)

Mixtec gold sun pendant

Detail of Moctezuma’s headdress

Dancers’ whistles

Courtesy of the Werner-Forman Archive

Small pottery whistles, used by Aztec dancers at festivals to mark time. British Museum, London.

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Dancers’ whistles

Courtesy of the Werner-Forman Archive

The Werner-Forman Archive