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Pre-colombian era. Sandstone seated figure of Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of death. The figure bears three glyphs on its back: 'Two Skull', 'Five Vulture' and 'Four House'. 1325-1521. The skeletal facial features depict Mictlantecuhtli, a minor Aztec deity and denizen of the Underworld (Mictlan). Mexico. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Caption:
Pre-colombian era. Sandstone seated figure of Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of death. The figure bears three glyphs on its back: 'Two Skull', 'Five Vulture' and 'Four House'. 1325-1521. The skeletal facial features depict Mictlantecuhtli, a minor Aztec deity and denizen of the Underworld (Mictlan). Mexico. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Album / Prisma
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Image size:
2848 x 4288 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
24.1 x 36.3 cm | 9.5 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
14TH CENTURY • 15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY; • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • AMERICA • AMERICAS • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ARMS CROSSED • ART • ARTS • AZTEC EMPIRE • AZTEC • AZTECAN ART • BELIEFS • BRITISH MUSEUM • CENTRAL MEXICO • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CITY OF LONDON • COURSE • CROP • CROPS • CROSS ARMED • CROSSED ARMS = FOLDED ARMS • CROSSED ARMS • CULT • CULTIVATION • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CULTURES • DEATH • DEITY • DIVINITY • EDUCATION • FIFTEENTH CENTURY • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FOLDED ARMS • FOURTEENTH CENTURY • GOD • GODHEAD • GODS • GREAT BRITAIN • HARVEST • HARVESTING • HELL • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS • HISTORY • INFERNO • LEGEND • LONDON • MALE • MASCULINE • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN • MEXICAN • MICTLAN • MICTLANTECUHTLI • MYTHOLOGY • PERIOD • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PIECE • POST-CLASSIC PERIOD • PRE-COLUMBIAN • PRE-HISPANIC • PRECOLUMBIAN • PRECONTACT • PREHISTORIC AMERICAS • RELIGION • RITE • RITUAL • ROCK • ROCKY • SCENE • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SEATED • SIGLO XV • SITTING • SKELETAL FACIAL • SMALL SCULPTURE • SQUATTING • STATUE • STATUES • STATUETTE • STONE • STONES • WATER
