Aztec Collection (page 2)

Cacao tree from the Codex Tudela, 1553. Artist: Pre-Columbian art
Cacao tree from the Codex Tudela, 1553. Found in the collection of Museo de America, Madrid

Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). Artist: Pierre Fritel
Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). A priest holds up the still-beating heart of a victim in a 19th-century representation of practices carried out by the Aztecs before

Tonalamatl Aubin, Folio 16, 15th century? Pre-Columbian style Aztec Tonalamatl (Paper of Days), a religious manuscript painted on agave paper. From the Biblioteque Nationale, Paris

Aztec Nefrite Head of a Jaguar, 1300-1521. The jaguar is America?s largest and most powerful cat, and for more than three thousand years it has been Mexico?s most enduring symbolic animal

Aztec terracotta figure from a pre-columbian grave, from the British Museums collection

Aztec statuette of a duckbilled god, from the British Museums collection

Detail of a turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century
Detail of a turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. It is carved in wood and covered with turquoise mosaic

Aztec Turquoise and Lignite mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca, 15th - 16th century
Aztec mask believed to represent Tezcatlipoca, modelled on a skull with the back cut away and lined with leather, 15th to 16th century. The jaw is hinged. From the British Museum

Mask representing a god, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century
Aztec Turquoise Mosaic Mask.Mask representing a god, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century. A turquoise and shell mask usually thought to represent the god Quetzalcoatl

Jade statue of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec 1350-1521. The Feathered Snake, Aztec god of fertility and creator of mankind

Aztec sculpture of a seated male figure, c1375-1521
Aztec sculpture of a seated male figure, c1375-1525. From the Reissmuseum, Zeughaus, Mannheim, Germany

Retreat of Hernando Cortes form Tenochtitlan, Mexico, 1520. Hernando Cortes (1485-1547) Spanish conquistador, led an expedition to Mexico, landing in 1519

The building of Mexico City, 16th century. Native slaves building Mexico City on the ruins of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan under the direction of Spanish conquistadors

Montezuma II, last Aztec emperor, 1520. The bodies of Montezuma (1466-1520) and one of his chiefs thrown into a canal after their murder by Spanish conquistadors under Cortes

Montezuma II, last Aztec emperor, in his palace, early 16th century. Montezuma (1466-1520) is depicted at the top of the image, with judges in the centre and litigants at the bottom

Spanish conquistadors with their native Tlazcalan allies attacking an Aztec temple, 16th century. Copy of a section of the drawings of Lienzo de Tlazcala lost during the Mexican revolution in

Aztec education of boys (left) and girls (right). Boys are shown being punished by a father who holds him over a fire of burning chillies while lecturing him

Gold pendant representing Mitlantecuhtli, Aztec god of the dead, 15th century. This is one of the few gold ornaments which escaped being melted down

Mexico City in the early 16th century. Depiction probably based on a sketch in the conquistador Hernan Cortes book of 1524. From the British Museum

Hernando Cortes (Cortez) (1485-1547), Spanish conquistador, attacking natives in Mexico. Cortes landed in Mexico in 1519. With a force of only some 600 men

Aztec stonecarving of Jaguar, from Valley of Mexico, 1400-1521. In Mayan mythology, the jaguar was seen as the ruler of the Underworld, and as such, a symbol of the night sun and darkness

Earthenware Figure, Late Aztec, Mexico, 15th or 16th century

Aztec stone figure of seated Fire-God Xiuhtecuhtli, 1300-1521. In Aztec mythology, Xiuhtecuhtli was the god of fire, day and heat

Aztec Jade Pendant of Solar God Tonatuih, 1300-1521

Aztec stone carving of Jaguar killing a Vulture, Hacha, Veracruz state: Mexico, 400-700
Aztec stone carving of Jaguar killing a Vulture, Hacha; Veracruz state, Mexico, 400-700. Associated with the Ritual Ball-Game of Central America

Aztec Gold Pendant of a Ruler with ritual regalia, Mixtec, 1200-1521. He holds a serpent-staff battleaxe and a shield. A mask hangs from his lip-ring. British Museum

Aztec Jade Eagle Warrior, 1300-1521. Face emerging from beak of eagle helmet. At the British Museum

Aztec Wind-God Ehecatl, 1300-1521. A volcanic stone statue of the Mesoamerican wind god Ehecatl. He is wearing his typical duckbill mask. Aztec, 1300-1521 CE. (British Museum, London)

Mexican Terracotta Group, Pre-Columbian, from a grave, Aztec culture, 1300-1521. Aztec culture, also known as Mexica, was a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic

Pottery Rattle of woman holding child, Mexico. Axtec, late Post-Classic Period, 1300-1520. At Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Mexican Terracotta Figurine, Huaxtec Culture, Aztec Period, c15th century. The Huastec civilization was a pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica

Sacrifice d un Agneau noir, le jour de la grande Fete du Soleil, 1723. Creator: Bernard Picart
Sacrifice d un Agneau noir, le jour de la grande Fete du Soleil, 1723. Sacrifice of a black sheep, on the day of the great Festival of the Sun

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