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Browse All : Stone carving--Mexico and Aztec art--Mexico and 2 7/16 in high x 2 13/16 in wide x 3 13/16 in deep and Artifact and Aztec sculpture--Mexico and A veined greenstone has been chipped, abraded, and polished to reveal a coiled predatory snake. A symbol of fertility, rebirth, and regeneration, the coils of the snake transform into the sacred heart, the precious symbol of life. The stone snake represents duality, life and death. of MAW Collection
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Title
Aztec greenstone coiled snake heart.
Description
A veined greenstone has been chipped, abraded, and polished to reveal a coiled predatory snake. A symbol of fertility, rebirth, and regeneration, the coils of the snake transform into the sacred heart, the precious symbol of life. The stone snake represents duality, life and death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Snakes--Art, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1470 and 1521
Title
Aztec greenstone coiled snake heart.
Description
A veined greenstone has been chipped, abraded, and polished to reveal a coiled predatory snake. A symbol of fertility, rebirth, and regeneration, the coils of the snake transform into the sacred heart, the precious symbol of life. The stone snake represents duality, life and death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Snakes--Art, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1470 and 1521
Title
Aztec greenstone coiled snake heart.
Description
A veined greenstone has been chipped, abraded, and polished to reveal a coiled predatory snake. A symbol of fertility, rebirth, and regeneration, the coils of the snake transform into the sacred heart, the precious symbol of life. The stone snake represents duality, life and death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Snakes--Art, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1470 and 1521
Title
Aztec greenstone coiled snake heart.
Description
A veined greenstone has been chipped, abraded, and polished to reveal a coiled predatory snake. A symbol of fertility, rebirth, and regeneration, the coils of the snake transform into the sacred heart, the precious symbol of life. The stone snake represents duality, life and death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Snakes--Art, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1470 and 1521
Title
Aztec greenstone coiled snake heart.
Description
A veined greenstone has been chipped, abraded, and polished to reveal a coiled predatory snake. A symbol of fertility, rebirth, and regeneration, the coils of the snake transform into the sacred heart, the precious symbol of life. The stone snake represents duality, life and death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Snakes--Art, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1470 and 1521
Title
Aztec greenstone coiled snake heart.
Description
A veined greenstone has been chipped, abraded, and polished to reveal a coiled predatory snake. A symbol of fertility, rebirth, and regeneration, the coils of the snake transform into the sacred heart, the precious symbol of life. The stone snake represents duality, life and death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Snakes--Art, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1470 and 1521
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