Exhibits Continued
Note ate variety of forms in the figures. These were not a homogeneous people in what is now Mexico. Many people from distinct races and ethnicities came to this part of the world, with their own culture ps are were observed, but retained some of their distinctive characteristics.
Note the noses, lips, and headdresses. Each distinctive.
A village diorama
A complex relief carving. This was on an enormous round vat.
A small relief panel. A spikey wolf?
The huge Piedra del Sol, or Aztec Sun Stone. This was made at the beginning of the 1500‘s, under the rule of Moctezuma. It is 12 feet across, and weighs 24.5 tons. It was discovered during renovations on the cathedral in Mexico City in 1790. It is a ceremonial representation of time and the relationship of the deities to humanity. It wasn’t actually used as calendar.
A monkey eating something and holding something
A telemon (architectural supporting figure, male)
This seems to show Mediterranean influences. Phoenician?
A detail of the above sculpture
A similar sculpture
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