From Arts on Sunday 29 September 2013
Some treasures of the Aztecs have arrived in New Zealand, offering an insight into the lives of these remarkable people. Some have been found in excavations so recently they’ve not yet been displayed in Mexico. Te Papa hosts the Aztec works of art in an exhibition called Aztecs: Conquest and glory.
Xochipilli pectoral, 1250-1521, Mixtec. Gold. From Museo des las Culturas de Oaxaca. Courtesy of Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes - Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Photographer Michel Zabe.
Pot depicting Tezcatlipoca (god of destiny and war), 1250–1521, Cholula, fired clay, pigment. From Fundación Televisa. Courtesy of Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes - Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Photographer Michel Zabe.
Sculpture of Mictlantecuhtli, about 1480. Aztec. Fired clay and stucco.
From Museo del Templo Mayor. Courtesy of Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes - Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Photographer Michel Zabe.
Vessel depicting Tláloc (god of rain), 1440–69. Aztec, fired clay, pigments.
From Museo del Templo Mayor. Courtesy of Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes - Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Photographer Michel Zabe.
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.
