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Hace 4 días · A Maquahuitl could have just 2 or 3 long blades making up one edge or more than 20 tiny blades. Maquahuitl could be made of plane wood, or elaborately decorated, with carved patterns, feathers, paint and precious jewels. The Maquahuitl is often confused with another Aztec weapon, the Bladed Club.
Hace 3 días · Mexica (Aztec) incense burner with Chicomecoatl, from Tlahuac, Mexico City, c. 1325-1521, terracotta and pigment, height 105 cms., National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. ’Incense burners conveyed messages to the gods on the smoke of burning copal, an aromatic pine resin. Applied as mold-made elements, the attributes of the deity ...
Hace 5 días · Quetzalcóatl-Ehécatl. Statue of the Aztec wind god Ehécatl, height 195 cms., andesite (volcanic rock), Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne, Germany. This sculpture represents Quetzalcóatl (‘Feathered Serpent’) in his guise as the god of wind, Ehécatl (‘wind’ in Náhuatl). This deity played an important role in Aztec creation myths ...
Hace 4 días · Ichcahuipilli (quilted armour) Rethinking the Double-Headed Serpent at the British Museum: From Olmec jaguar into Mexica rain god: Aztec obsidian mirror in Taiwan: Xiuhuitzolli (royal diadem) British Museum obsidian mirror: Mamalhuaztli (fire drill) Aztec rattle figurines: Marine objects in Ofrenda 126 at the Templo Mayor: Bottle gourd
Hace 5 días · Una de las armas mas antiguas usadas por los mexicas desde la perspectiva den enfrentamiento cuerpo a cuerpo era el quauhololli una especie de mazo de madera que remataba en una pelota contundente que permitía la fractura de cráneos. (Ver fig. 8). La arqueología experimental. Como se comentaba líneas atras, ya la simple clasificación y en ...
Hace 3 días · Garcia earned first place in the undergraduate Behavioral, Social Sciences and Public Administration category for her research project, “Changing Assumptions on Decorative Features of Defensive Technology in Experimental Archeology, Using Ichcahuipilli Armor.” Her faculty mentor was Matthew Des Lauriers, associate professor of anthropology.
Hace 5 días · The topilli or ‘staff of justice’. In our recent ‘Desert Island Artefacts’ survey of members of our Panel of Experts, Professor Alan Sandstrom chose an unusual artefact to be marooned with: a walking stick - ‘used by the Nahua of today to embody the power of the ritual specialist and to help people walk a straight path through life.’.
