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Werner Forman Archive |
ANCIENT MEXICO |
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Werner Forman Archive |
ANCIENT MEXICO |
Landscapes, archaeological sites and art and artefacts of pre-Columbian Mexico from the Olmecs to the Aztecs.
View a sample selection below. To search the full collection complete the registration form at
www.werner-forman-archive.com/registrationform.htm
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Olmec head. Olmec culture, 1250-900 BC. Anthropology Museum, Veracruz University, Jalapa. |
Stone warrior figures which once supported the Quetzalcoatl pyramid. Tula, 7th-9th C. |
A priest offering to a planetary deity. Santa Lucia, Cozumahualpa, Pre-Toltec. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin. |
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The Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon. Teotihuacan, 1-750 AD. |
Chichen Itza, the pyramid of Kukulcan. Toltec/Maya 10th-12th C. |
The Pyramid of the Niches, El Tajin. Veracruz, c.600 AD. |
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Lord Shield Jaguar watches as his wife Lady Xoc performs blood sacrifice. Maya, Yaxchilan, 725 AD. British Museum, London. |
Quetzalcoatl rising from the jaws of the earth as represented by the coyote. Toltec, Tula. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. |
Xiuhtecuhtli, the Lord of Fire. Aztec, Mexico. British Museum, London. |
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Detail from the codex Fejervary-Mayer. Mixtec. Liverpool Museum. |
Mayan woman weaving. Jaina Island, 600-900 AD. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico city. |
Mask of Tezcatlipoca, the Smoking Mirror. Aztec. British Museum, London. |
