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Feathers in Aztec and Maya headdresses NEW

‘Moctezuma’s Headdress’ - update

Chimalli or shield: defensive weapon par excellence

Obsidian monkey jar

Slave’s collar

Mexico community education

Coatlicue

‘Headdress of Cuauhtémoc’

Featherwork shield

Genuine or fake?

Throne

Xicolli

‘Birthing Figure’

Stone jaguar’s head

Chocolate whisk

Pine torch

See and Be Seen: (‘Smoking’) Mirrors

Study the... FAMILY CHEST

Personified knives

Ancient metate at the V&A

Clay stamps

Atlatl

Aztec pottery

Carrying frame

Molcajete

Study the... PETATE

Study the... DIGGING STICK

Study the... HEARTH

Aztec high-chair?

Baby basket

Maquahuitl

Uictli

Tzictli (part 1)

Tzictli (part 2)

The Chewing Gum Tree

Chewing Gum used for other Purposes

Chimalli

Teponaztli

Metate

A family of deities?

‘U’-tube

Aztec microphone?

‘Host’ figurines

Pre-Hispanic marbles, or jacks?

Artefacts in the Spotlight

Whole Archive at a Glance

Xiuhmolpilli

‘Personified’ flint knife

Pottery stamp

Dancing monkey

Aztec pitchers

Water monster plaque

Xipe Totec warrior

Aztec fertility goddess

Toad

Deified warrior

Atlatl

Huehueteotl

Altar of nocturnal animals

Mictlantecuhtli

Chacmool

Detail from turquoise disk

Quetzalcóatl-Ehécatl

Urn with image of Mictlantecuhtli

Huaxtec female deities

Cihuateotl

Solar disc

Gold ingot

Man with cacao pod

Head with lip-plug

Eagle cuauhxicalli

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

Greenstone heart

Rattlesnake fragment

Grasshopper

Gold disc

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

Head of a youth

Ballgame offering

Funeral casket

Chalchihuitl glyph

Dedication stone from the Templo Mayor

Reproduction chalice cover

Fire serpent

Wind god mirror

Staghorn sceptre

Miniature chac mool

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)

Codex Moctezuma

Enconchado series 1

Coyote

Omichicahuaztli

Cihuatéotl (2)

Codex Mendoza

Rabbit

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

Artefact of the Week

Whole Archive at a Glance

Cholula Temple

Snake Sculpture

Cuauhxicalli

Featherwork Shield

Xipe Totec mask

Coyolxauhqui

Quetzalcóatl mask

Rattlesnake

Ometecuhtli

Twin-headed snake

Quetzalcóatl/Venus

Tezcatlipoca mask

Stone statues

Incense burner

Feathered Serpent Relief

Dancers’ whistles

Tonatiuh relief

Turquoise encrusted shield

‘Red Temple’ excavation

Conch shell adornment

Eagle bowl

Domestic pottery

Palace ruins

Pottery dish

Cocoa vessel

Macaw ocarina

Small Aztec flutes

Pottery stamps

Tongue drum

Spear throwers

Mixtec gold pectoral

Gold jewellery

Colonial chalice cover

Household figures

Model temple

Eagle-head pipe

Xipe Totec stone figure

Xiuhtecuhtli

Tonatiuh and ‘movement’

Xochipilli or Xochiquetzal

Xiuhcóatl at Tenayuca

Head of Xochiquetzal

Ozomatli (monkey)

Coyolxauhqui

Coatlicue (1)

Coatlicue (2)

Snake wall, Templo Mayor

Small pottery idol

Pottery dishes

More Aztec pottery

Spear throwers (back)

Mixtec gold sun pendant

Detail of Moctezuma’s headdress

Xipe Totec head

Xochiquetzal

Mictlancíhuatl

Xolotl

Wind god/porter

Small pottery idol

Seated figure

Household Gods

Collapsed skullrack

Turquoise encrusted shield

Courtesy of the Werner-Forman Archive

Aztec noblemen often carried finely decorated equipment during
ceremonies. Detail of a turquoise encrusted shield. Can you spot the faces of two warriors marching into battle, carved in shell? Probably Mixtec craftsmanship, paid in tribute to the Aztecs. Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna

The Werner-Forman Archive