Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Vitzliputsli
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Accession number:
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35598
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Record number:
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35598-1
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JCB call number:
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D736 S172m
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Image title:
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Vitzliputsli
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Creator 1:
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Gul. Stephens
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Creator 1 role:
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sculp.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[J. Roberts]
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Image date:
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[1736]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 28, following p. 136
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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10.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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13.1 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Nahuatl
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Description:
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A statue of Huitzilopochtli, holding a serpent or rattlesnake in one hand and a shield and four arrows in the other, sits on a litter and wears a hummingbird mask or helmet with feathered crown.
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Source creator:
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Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767
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Source Title:
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Modern history: or, The present state of all nations ... Vol. XXVIII. Being the first volume of America ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for the Author: And sold by J. Roberts, in Warwick-Lane; and the Booksellers in Town and Country
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Source date:
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MDCCXXXVI [1736]
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notes:
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Huitzilopochtli, whose name means "Blue hummingbird on the left," was the Aztec god of the sun and war. The turquoise or fire serpent (xiuhcoatl) was his mystical weapon. The engraver is perhaps William Stephens.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Aztecs--Religion
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
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