COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
01686
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01686
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Record number:
01686-1
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01686-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
B792 L579d
jcb_call_no
B792 L579d
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Coatlicue]
image_title
[Coatlicue]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Francisco Aguera
creator1
Francisco Aguera
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
delineó y gravó
creator1_role
delineó y gravó
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Mexico]
place_image_published
[Mexico]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros]
image_publisher
[Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1792]
image_date
[1792]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate I
image_function
fold-out plate I
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
25.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
25.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
34.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
34.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
30.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
30.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
41 cm.
page_dimensions_width
41 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Spanish
languages
Spanish
Languages
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Description:
Front, back and side view of a statue of Coatlicue, a Mexican deity. The statue's face is comprised of two fanged serpents, her skirt is of interwoven snakes, her necklace is of hands, hearts, and a skull, and her fingers and toes are claws.
description
Front, back and side view of a statue of Coatlicue, a Mexican deity. The statue's face is comprised of two fanged serpents, her skirt is of interwoven snakes, her necklace is of hands, hearts, and a skull, and her fingers and toes are claws.
Description
false
Source creator:
León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802
source_creator
León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Descripcion histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras, que con ocasion del nuevo empedrado que se esta formando en la plaza principal de Mexico
source_title
Descripcion histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras, que con ocasion del nuevo empedrado que se esta formando en la plaza principal de Mexico
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
México
source_place_of_publication
México
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
En la imprenta de Don Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros
source_publisher
En la imprenta de Don Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. XCII. [1792]
source_date
M. DCC. XCII. [1792]
Source date
false
notes:
During the 1780s and 1790s, major archeological discoveries were unearthed during renovations to the square or Zócalo in Mexico City--the Coatlicue statue and the Aztec calendar stone, or the "piedra del sol" which has become a symbol of Mexico. León y Gama's book was the first scholarly description of that discovery and attempted to explain the meaning of the stones, although he contended that this figure was a composite of the hieroglyphic attributes of at least seven Mesoamerican deities, instead of Coatlicue, an Aztec goddess who symbolized earth as creator and destroyer.
notes
During the 1780s and 1790s, major archeological discoveries were unearthed during renovations to the square or Zócalo in Mexico City--the Coatlicue statue and the Aztec calendar stone, or the "piedra del sol" which has become a symbol of Mexico. León y Gama's book was the first scholarly description of that discovery and attempted to explain the meaning of the stones, although he contended that this figure was a composite of the hieroglyphic attributes of at least seven Mesoamerican deities, instead of Coatlicue, an Aztec goddess who symbolized earth as creator and destroyer.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Royal Academy, London. Aztecs, fig. 9; Cañizares-Esguerra, J. How to write the history of the New World, fig. 5.1, p. 272-280
references_
Royal Academy, London. Aztecs, fig. 9; Cañizares-Esguerra, J. How to write the history of the New World, fig. 5.1, p. 272-280
References
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Coatlicue (Aztec deity)
subject_heads
Coatlicue (Aztec deity)
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Aztec gods--Mexico
subject_heads
Aztec gods--Mexico
Subject headings
false