Aztec Culture / Coronation Stone of Moctezuma II ('Stone of the Five Suns') / c.1503

Aztec Culture
Coronation Stone of Moctezuma II ('Stone of the Five Suns')
c.1503
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Creator Nationality: North American; Central American; Mesoamerican; Aztec
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Mexico, Valley of Mexico North and Central America,Central America,Mexico
Creator Active Place: North and Central America,Central America,Mexico
Creator Name-CRT: Aztec Culture
Title: Coronation Stone of Moctezuma II ('Stone of the Five Suns')
Title Type: preferred
Title: Stone of the Five Suns
Title Type: alternate
View: top view
Creation Start Date: 1498
Creation End Date: 1508
Creation Date: c.1503
Creation Place: North and Central America,Central America,Mexico
Object Type: Sculpture
Classification Term: Stone
Classification Term: Architectural Fragment
Materials and Techniques: Basalt
Dimensions: 55.9 x 66 x 22.9 cm.
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1990.21
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Major Acquisitions Fund
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
AMICA ID: AIC_.1990.21
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998

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