Sculpture, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City
Relief in the circular hollow used for heart and blood of human sacrifices offered to the gods of the sun and earth, in the Ocelocuauhxicalli, an ocelotl or jaguar, lord of the night and spirit animal of god Tezcalipoca, and cuauhxicalli or sacred sacrificial vessel, stone sculpture, Mexica, Aztec, from Tenochtitlan, in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, or National Museum of Anthropology, in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14153915
Media ID
45905857
Size
8268px x 6112px
(14.7MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
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