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commemorated the history of Huītzilōpōchtli (Hummingbird-Left)000 defeating Coyolxāuhqui who became the moon, in the battle on Mount Coatepetel.
"carved this disk in high relief out of a single large stone, 3.25 meters in diameter.
Aztec historian Richard Townsend describes it as one of the most powerfully expressive
sculptures of Mesoamerican art."
She is shown decapitated and dismembered, the result of her murder by Huitzilopochtli
(her brother, the god of war, the sun and human sacrifice), who also killed his
400 brothers (aka: Centzonhuītznāhua or the gods of the southern stars)
en route to becoming the supreme god.
The colored image on the right is based on traces of pigment.
Copyright © by Douglas Houck. Please contact me for use or link of any image(s).
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