Mexico Archaeological Ceramic Placque - Small Ochre Aztec Calendar Gifts for the Home Chrysocolla

Chrysocolla

With every brushstroke

marquise-shaped blue topaz stones

Made Wardika carves the intricate image of bone

8 inches min L - x 20 inches max L

Mexico Archaeological Ceramic Placque - Small Ochre Aztec Calendar Gifts for the Home ChrysocollaArtisans from the Angel Cern Artisan Association recreate the elaborate stone sculpture known as the 'Aztec Calendar' or 'Sun Stone.' Discovered in Mexico City, the original massive stone is on display in the National Museum of Anthropology and History. The Aztecs (or Mexica, as they called themselves) believed that the sun struggled daily against the forces of darkness. They aided the sun through human sacrifices. This beautiful replica is sculpted