Calendar Stone / Aztec Sun Stone / Front view of installation / Late Postclassic; Creation date: ca. 1512

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Work Title: Calendar Stone; Aztec Sun Stone
View Title: Front view of installation
Creator/Culture: Culture: Aztec
Site/Repository: Creation location: Tenochtitlan (Mexico); Repository: Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
Period/Date: Late Postclassic; Creation date: ca. 1512
Media/Technique: basalt, carving
Dimensions: diameter: 3.6 m
Subjects: Sculptures (visual works); Stone carving; Calendars; Aztec sculpture; Tenochtitlan
Work Record ID: 157497
Image Record ID: 979906
Digital filename: 05d102808
Classification Filing Number: 283; 15; 4SS 1b; *.r
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:09:41

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2548 x 1714
File Size: 581 KB
Record: 979906
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-979906/05d102808

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 979906. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-979906/05d102808. May 08, 2024.