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Offering 17
Offering 17 contains many objects that were the
booty of war and tribute, as well as the skulls of victims decapitated
in Templo Mayor consecration rituals. Generally speaking, this offering
was the representation of the universe on a human scale. For example, marine
objects, such as coral, alluded to the aquatic underworld and the swordfish
snout was the surface of the earth. Sacrificial knives, decapitated skulls
and braziers decorated with a knot refer to Huitzilopochtli. Presiding
over the offering were the images of Huehueteotl-Xiuhtecuhtli and Tlaloc.
Last
Modified: January 14, 1998.
Museo del Templo Mayor, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e História,
México.
Seminario #8, Centro Histórico. Cuauhtémoc,
México, D.F. 06060
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1997
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