Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
A. D. White Architectural Photographs
Accession Number:
15/5/3090.00640
Title:
Aztec Calendar Stone
Notes:
The Aztec Calendar Stone, "discovered in 1790, is a basaltic monolith. It weighs approximately 25 tons and is about 3.7 metres in diameter. In the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City." (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica)
Creator:
Pellandini, Claudio
Role:
Publisher
Dates:
ca. 1885-ca. 1895
Photograph date
Style:
Photographs
Medium:
albumen print
Place:
North and Central America: Mexico; Mexico City
Style:
Aztec
Measurement:
Image: 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.; 18.7325 x 12.3825 cm
Subjects:
Artifacts, Calendars, Rock, Relief sculptures, Museums, Interiors, Imaginary/Mythologic al creatures, Elements, Serpents, Gods, Mythology, Hieroglyphics, Signs, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico
Provenance:
Schuchardt Collection
Repository:
Cornell University Library
A.D. White Photographs
Rare & Manuscript Collections
Cornell University

Aztec Calendar Stone