Mexico, Aztec idol, Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue (statue)] – Antique Print
![Mexico, Aztec idol, Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue (statue)], [between 1884 and 1900] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8f/8fd0aac3cddd-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Mexico, Aztec idol, Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue (statue)]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mexico, Aztec idol, Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue (statue)]
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Few Aztec sculptures have drawn as much attention as the carved figure shown here, which the record calls Teoyaomiqui but which is better known as Coatlicue. Uncovered in Mexico City in 1790 near the central plaza, the basalt statue depicts a goddess whose skirt of intertwined serpents and necklace of hands and hearts express Aztec ideas about life, death and the earth. The Detroit Photographic Company issued this color photochrom in the late 1800s, when such images gave American viewers a vivid look at Mexico's ancient past.
| Created / published | [between 1884 and 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51152. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Idols. Coatlicue (Statue) Aztecs. Indians of Mexico--Spiritual life. Sculpture.Mexico--Mexico City. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 536 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-79060 |
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