SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
Aztec

Mexico: File number: mgd0423

© South American Pictures/ Marion Morrison

Coatlicue, goddess of the earth and of death, is represented as a decapitated woman. From her neck spring two serpent heads, she wears a necklace of hands and hearts, and her own hands are shown as serpent heads and her feet as eagle claws. The stone sculpture dates from 1250-1321A.D. Museo Nacional de Antropología Mexico City

Museo del Templo Mayor

 

 

 

 

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