Incas + Aztecs

Spanish Church built on top of remains of Corikancha (Inka masonry) in Peru

Galvin Manuscript, 17th century

Inca King/Founder of Empire worshipping in Corikancha

The Sun = Deity

Waka/Huaca

for the Incas, refers to an object that is revered, like immense rocks

Echo Stone

mimics real life nature

the image is of Machu Picchu

gold male figurine, 15th-early 16th century

Inca, connected to divine

Keru Cup, 16th century

ceremonial cup that leaders may have exchanged

features Inca King + Queen as well as rainbow and rain

All-T’oqapu Tunic, 1450-1540

Inca, worn by emperor

each square represents a different position like military, and with the emperor’s tunic having all of them, shows power

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The Coyolxauhqui Stone, c. 1500, volcanic stone, found: Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan

represents the sister of an Aztec god, Huitzilopochtli (god of fire + war), where she tried to kill his mom who was pregnant with him, and he jumped out and killed the sister

used to throw sacrificial victims onto (large in scale)

Chacmool on the Tlaloc temple platform

Tllaloc = Aztec god of rain + water

imitates human sacrifice body

intermediary between earth + divine

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Coatlicue

mother of Coy + Huitz, Aztec

large in scale

Monolith of Tlaltecuhtli

god of women + children, manifested in female form in this image

Miztec World Tree

sacrificial victim at bottom feeding tree

Mosiac skull of Tezcatlipoca

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Deity impersonator (Codex Mag…)

Journey from Aztlan to the Valley of Mexico

Codex Boturni, fol 1

The founding of the Aztec capital Tenochittlan

Codex Mendoza

Quetzalcoatl

1 of the creator gods, brother of Huitz, feathers, serpents

Feathered headdress

Given to Spanish (Hernan Cortes) by Aztec to establish friendly relations

Original currently in Vienna, reproduction in Mexico City