mini-girlz:Mexica Cihuateotl (goddess)AD 1325–1521Probably Tenochtitlan, MexicoBasalt33 x 36
mini-girlz: Mexica Cihuateotl (goddess)AD 1325–1521Probably Tenochtitlan, MexicoBasalt33 x 36 x 66 The Cihuateteo or Mocihuaquetzque were the spirits of women who died in childbirth. The Aztecs considered childbirth a form of battle, and its victims were honored as fallen warriors. The Cihuateteo are depicted with skeletal faces and with eagle claws for hands. This sculpture has the date 1-Eagle, one of the five days of the year when the Cihuateteo were thought to descend to the earth and cause particularly dangerous mischief. > nmai.si.edu -- source link