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Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:49:22 +0100

Mictlantecuhtli vase

Vase made from green stone with the image of the god of death, Mictlantecuhtli, on the front. He is represented half lipless and dressed with a skirt, a maxtlatl or loincloth, bracelets, earplugs and a headdress shaped as a rosette of pleated paper, one of the typical attributes of this deity. According to pre-Hispanic vision of the cosmos, the Lord of the Underworld lived in Mictlan, the place where Quetzalcoatl took the bones with which the new humanity would be created.

This piece comes from Offering 6, found close to the monolith of the goddess Coyolxaunqui, and belongs to the Stage IVb of the Templo Mayor (1469 AD).