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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 25, 2017
Caption: Coatlicue at The National Anthropology Museum of Mexico
Additional Description: This statue of Coatlicue, originally discovered by Europeans in 1790, is also found at the museum. It represents the Aztec god of Coatlicue ("skirt of snakes"), known as a mother deity. In Aztec mythology she gives birth to the moon, stars, sun and war. The statue includes a skirt made of snakes, a necklace of human hearts and hands and a head made of two opposing snake heads.
Submitted: May 17, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p382795
File Size: 2.212 Megabytes

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