M0005849: Illustrations of Xochiquetzal, Goddess of flowers, mothers and fertility

Date:: 21 October 1938

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/48/55

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005789-M0005896WT/D/1/20/1/48
        M0005849: Illustrations of Xochiquetzal, Goddess of flowers, mothers and fertilityWT/D/1/20/1/48/55

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M0005849: Illustrations of Xochiquetzal, Goddess of flowers, mothers and fertility. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Illustration of Xochiquetzol. Goddess of Flowers and Mothers

Description

Reproduction of two illustrations of the Aztec goddess Xochiquetzal. The reproduction is from Aglio, Augustine: Antiquities of Mexico; comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, London, 1830-1848.

Publication/Creation

21 October 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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