AZTEC SUN CALENDAR / STONE DIAL

Wall Hanging

 

This is an eye-catching and colorful depiction of the Aztec Sun Stone (or Calendar Stone).

 

Made in Mexico from volcanic rock.

 

Natural color and hand decorated.

 

Circular calendar measures approximately 12 inches in diameter and is affixed to a square wall hanging measuring about 14 x 14 inches.  Weighs about 2 pounds and 12 ounces.

Has fixture on back for hanging on the wall, and includes the paper descriptions that are attached, as shown.  Great overall condition.

 

This is larger than most others shown on online. Please do your own research and compare prices!

 

The Aztec Sun Stone (or Calendar Stone) depicts the five consecutive worlds of the sun from Aztec mythology. The stone is not, therefore, in any sense a functioning calendar, but rather it is an elaborately carved solar disk, which for the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican cultures represented rulership. At the top of the stone is a date glyph (13 reed) which represents both the beginning of the present sun, the 5th and final one according to mythology, and the actual date 1427 CE, thereby legitimizing the rule of Itzcoatl (who took power in that year) and creating a bond between the divine and mankind.

 

Great gift for the artist or historian / collector in your life!!

 

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