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Sacrificial knife, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. Artist: Unknown

Sacrificial knife, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. The handle is carved in wood and covered with mosaic of turquoise, shell and malachite. The blade is made of chalcedony. The figure is an eagle warrior, a member of a prestigious order of Aztec warriors. According to myth, the principal god Huitzilopochtli asked the Aztecs to found their city at the place where they saw an eagle perched upon a cactus. This became Tenochtitlan. From the British Museum.

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Titre: Sacrificial knife, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. Artist: Unknown

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Sacrificial knife, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. The handle is carved in wood and covered with mosaic of turquoise, shell and malachite. The blade is made of chalcedony. The figure is an eagle warrior, a member of a prestigious order of Aztec warriors. According to myth, the principal god Huitzilopochtli asked the Aztecs to found their city at the place where they saw an eagle perched upon a cactus. This became Tenochtitlan. From the British Museum.

Personnalités: AZTEC

Crédit: Album / CM Dixon / Heritage Images

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Taille de l'image: 6056 × 2891 px | 50.1 MB

Taille d'impression: 51.3 × 24.5 cm | 2384.3 × 1138.2 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: 15 15E 15EME XV XVE XVEME SIECLE • 15E SIECLE • 15EME S • 16E SIECLE • 16EME S • ART, MOSAIQUE • AZTEC • BONHOMME • CALCEDOINE • COULEUR • HOMME • MEXICO • MEXIQUE • MOSAIQUE • MOSAÏQUES • OBJET • QUINZIÈME SIÈCLE • SEIZIÈME SIÈCLE • XVE SIECLE • XVIE SIECLE