Sujet
Every 52 years an Aztec fire festival called the Tying up of Years was held
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Every 52 years an Aztec fire festival called the Tying up of Years was held, The festival brought one bundle of years to an end and might possibly bring with it the end if the world. This carving represents a bundle of 52 sticks which were symbolically burnt during the festival. Mexico. Aztec. c 1500.
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Werner Forman Archive/ National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A26_050
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
25,1Mo (1,5Mo) / 29,9cm x 21,0cm / 3531 x 2480 (300dpi)