- A
cuauhxicalli or
quauhxicalli (Nahuatl: [kʷaːʍʃiˈkalːi],
meaning "eagle
gourd bowl") was an altar-like
stone vessel used by the
Aztec in
sacrificial ceremonies...
- turkeys, feathers, and incense. In
Aztec examples, the
receptacle is a
cuauhxicalli (a
stone bowl to
receive sacrificed human hearts).
Chacmools were often...
-
central Ollin image in
favor of the Sun. The
British Museum possesses a
cuauhxicalli which may
depict the
tension between two opposites, the
power of the...
- tall, and is also
known as the
Stone of
Motecuhzoma Il****camina, the
Cuauhxicalli of
Motecuhzoma Il****camina, the Archbishop's Stone, the Ex-Arzobispado...
-
depression carved in the
center of the top surface, it may have been a
cuauhxicalli or
possibly a temalacatl.
Richard Townsend maintains, however, that the...
- bird man
mural Mural and
model of Tenochtitlan,
looking east Ocelotl-
Cuauhxicalli Skull covered with
turquoise Replica of
Codex Borbonicus Replica of feather...
- made
contact with the earth, or on the
undersides of
stone boxes called cuauhxicalli ("eagle box"),
which held the
sacrificial hearts she was so
partial to...
- A jaguar-shaped
cuauhxicalli in the
National Museum of Anthropology. This altar-like
stone vessel was used to hold the
hearts of
sacrificial victims. See...
-
extracted heart of the
victim was
deposited in a
similar manner as a
great cuauhxicalli. However,
recent studies show that
temalacatl were not used for the slaughter...
-
unique to the Aztecs, and
related to the
context of
ritual sacrifice: the
cuauhxicalli or "eagle vessel",
large stone bowls often shaped like
eagles or jaguars...
