EditorialStone bust of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec, from Mexico, 1325-1521. This sculpture represents the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. His name in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs, means Feathered (quetzal feather) Serpent. The serpent's coils of the sculpture are...
EditorialFeather headdress (" crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erroneously identified as " Montezuma's crown". Green feathers of the Quetzal-bird, gold. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th CE. Height 116 cm, width 175 cm. Inv. 10.402.
EditorialThe Quetzal-Mariposa Palace within the Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center. The rooms, arranges around a court-yard, belong to the priestly residences. The square pillars show reliefs of the quetzal-bird; the eye-sockets of the birds are inlaid with obsidian...
EditorialThe Quetzal-Mariposa Palace within the Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center. The rooms, arranges around a court-yard, belong to the priestly residences. The square pillars show reliefs of the quetzal-bird; the eye-sockets of the birds are inlaid with obsidian...
EditorialFeather headdress (" crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erroneously identified as " Montezuma's crown". Green feathers of the Quetzal-bird, gold. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th CE. Height 116 cm, width 175 cm. Inv. 10.402.
EditorialFeather headdress (" crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erroneously identified as " Montezuma's crown". Green feathers of the Quetzal-bird, gold. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th CE. Height 116 cm, width 175 cm. Inv. 10.402.
EditorialFeather headdress (" crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erroneously identified as " Montezuma's crown". Green feathers of the Quetzal-bird, gold. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th CE. Height 116 cm, width 175 cm. Inv. 10.402.
EditorialFeather headdress (" crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erroneously identified as " Montezuma's crown". Green feathers of the Quetzal-bird, gold. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th CE. Height 116 cm, width 175 cm. Inv. 10.402.
EditorialQuetzal, from the Birds of the Tropics series (N5) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1889, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Trade cards from the 'Birds of the Tropics' series (N5), issued in 1889 in a series of 50...
EditorialResplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.
EditorialResplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno (Pavonian trogon, Spix var.? Trogon pavoninus). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by H. Kearsley from a specimen in the British Museum from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, L...
EditorialFeather headdress (" crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erroneously identified as " Montezuma's crown". Green feathers of the Quetzal-bird, gold. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th CE. Height 116 cm, width 175 cm. Inv. 10.402.
EditorialThe Quetzal-Mariposa Palace within the Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center. The rooms, arranges around a court-yard, belong to the priestly residences. The square pillars show reliefs of the quetzal-bird; the eye-sockets of the birds are inlaid with obsidian...
EditorialStone bust of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec, from Mexico, 1325-1521. This sculpture represents the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. His name in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs, means Feathered (quetzal feather) Serpent. The serpent's coils of the sculpture are...