La Piedra del Sol

Title La Piedra del Sol
Source Donors Lugo Villalba, Karina
Date 1997
Description Color scanned image of an Aztec Sun Stone astronomical time teller (not a calendar). Unlike a Gregorian calendar, the Sun Stone consists of a 260-day cycle of 13 months of 20 days each. The Sun Stone originally came from the Mayans as a way to tell the story of the five suns. Donor obtained this piece because it helped her study and understand her identity. The piece represents the four guardians: North, South, East, West. Everything rotates around the 5th sun. Belief in duality.
Collection Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR)
Identifier POUR24_0055_002
Contributing Institution UMFA and Artes de Mexico
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Subject Art; Aztec art; Aztec calendar; Aztecs; Calendars; Culture; Duality (Logic); Mayans; Mexico--Antiquities; Mythical creatures; Pre-Columbian art; Relief (Sculpture); Religious art; Sculpture; Symbolism; Mexico City, Mexico
Genre Aztec calendar
Spatial Coverage Ciudad de México, , Mexico https://www.geonames.org/3527646/ciudad-de-mexico.html
Rights Management Utah Historical Society
Rights
Type Image
Format application/pdf
Scanned By Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6bc1btx
Setname dha_pour
ID 2634938
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc1btx