Jan 19, 2014 · The striking turquoise mask now in the British Museum in London is thought to represent Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec god of fire, and dates to the final century of the Aztec empire, …

Nov 25, 2024 · This mask, which is on display at the British Museum in London, is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés likely took from the Aztec …

Nov 27, 2024 · The Xiuhtecuhtli mask, on display at the British Museum in London, is one of the turquoise artifacts that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés took from the Aztec Empire …

Miztec-Aztec, Mexico, AD 1400-1521 Masks of the major Aztec deities were probably worn by impersonators to enact scenes from creation stories and to recount the deeds of culture heroes.

Dec 31, 2024 · The “Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli” is an exceptional artifact from the Mexica (Aztec) culture, intricately connected to their religious and cosmological beliefs. Xiuhtecuhtli, known as …

Nov 26, 2024 · This remarkable turquoise-encrusted wooden mask, believed to be about 600 years old, is a stunning artifact from the Aztec civilization. Likely crafted between 1400 and …

Nov 26, 2024 · A 16th-century mask, believed to symbolise the Aztec fire god Xiuhtecuhtli, has been displayed at the British Museum in London. Crafted from Spanish cedar and adorned …

Aztec masks were used as ornaments, and were sometimes worn as part of a ritual, or in death as a death mask. They usually represented one god or another, and the Aztecs did have many …

The aim of our research was the authentication of a turquoise covered Aztec wooden mask, which presumably originates from the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico and exchanged by the Museum of …

We know from a tribute list issued by the emperor Moctezuma II that ten turquoise mosaic masks, made by skilled Mixtec artisans, were sent each year from a province in Oaxaca.