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Basalt relief of an eagle at The British Museum, London

Title
Relief of an eagle (Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos)


Artist
Unknown


Date
Aztec, AD 1300-1521


Medium
Basalt


Dimensions
x


Accession #
Ethno. 8624


Credit
Received from the Berlin Museum



For the Aztecs the eagle was the preeminent symbol for the sun. The Nahuatl terms for ascending eagle and descending eagle referred to the rising and setting of the sun. The eagle was identified with human sacrifice, and also symbolised one of the two main military orders dedicated to the sun.
 

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