Sujet
Disc used as a chalice cover, the only featherwork example from the early colonial period
Légende
Disc used as a chalice cover, the only featherwork example from the early colonial period, Mixing Aztec iconography with the recently arrived Christian ideas, the whirlpool, symbol of the goddess Chalchihuitlicue, now represents the Holy Water, while the flame represents the blood of Christ. Mexico. Aztec. c 1540. Hidalgo.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A25_478
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
34,6Mo (2,2Mo) / 30,0cm x 28,9cm / 3543 x 3414 (300dpi)