Aztec Calendar Stone: Faces of Tonatiuh, the sun god (left), and Xiuhtecuhtli, the fire god (right), emerging from the jaws of the xiuhcoatls, or fire serpents

Published/Created:

Mexico, Tenochtitlan
ca. 1502-1519

Physical Description:

disk diam.: 348 cm

Materials:

basalt

Topics:

Sculpture -- Pre-Columbian -- Aztec -- (YVRC)
Sculpture -- Pre-Columbian -- Aztec -- Collateral -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Mesoamerican: Aztec

Accession Number:

3582-020

Genre:

calendars (AAT)
sculpture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Villela & Miller, The Aztec Calendar Stone, Los Angeles, 2010

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Mexico City, Mexico: Museo Nacional de Antropologia

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 305626

OID:

573970

PID:

digcoll:1911195