Purchased online (through eBay) as a gift for my birthday in 2024 The seller advertised the piece as being An extremely beautiful work of ancient mesoamerican religious art, carved in a very nice deep green “Chalchihuitl” (1) Jade Stone and notes that this item……DEPICTS A VERY CLASSIC TEOTIHUACAN CULTURE JADE FACE WITH ITS RITUAL NOSEPLUG. It was 100% handcarved from a deep green Jade Stone … Continue reading Mascara de Xochipilli?
I would like to look at some interesting information regarding a little known (to me) statue of Xochipilli that has recently been mentioned by two history related sites (1)(2) Tetzcoco Prehispánico on Facebook : a site dedicated to “Creating an awarness of and to disseminate the pre-Hispanic past of the eastern region of the Basin of Mexico”. Texcoco en el tiempo on Facebook and at … Continue reading Xochipilli and the Zapote
6 July 1840 – 26 August 1912 : José María Tranquilino Francisco de Jesús Velasco Gómez Obregón, generally known as José María Velasco, was born in Temascalcingo (just outside Mexico City). He was a 19th-century Mexican polymath (1), most famous as a painter who made Mexican geography a symbol of national identity through his paintings (2), particularly those depicting the Valley of Mexico. Polymath – … Continue reading Xochipilli. The Symbolism of Enrique Vela
