Citlalicue

This model is taken from a sculpture of the goddess Citlalicue, “Lady of the Sky” or “Lady of the Skirt of Stars.” It is dated between 900 and 1521 AD and belongs to the Popoloca culture. It was found in Ndachjian (Tehuacán) and is made of diorite. Citlalicue’s skeletal face reveals her divine nature, and her sagging breasts show that she has nourished many children. A Nahua account tells that this goddess gave birth to a lightning bolt in the form of a flint knife that pierced the earth in Chicomóztoc, the place of the seven caves or the seven wombs. From there, seventeen hundred deities were born who, needing sustenance, created humanity from their blood and from ancient bones as nourishment for the divine. Citlalicue governs time, channels energy, and makes sacrifice the bond between the sacred and the human. She is the principle of life, death, and transformation. The work is housed in the Site Museum of Tehuacán, but it was photogrammetrically captured by Artmonite in Madrid in the context of a loan to the National Archaeological Museum for an exhibition dedicated to women in Indigenous Mexico.

More pre-Columbian sculptures in Artmonite: https://artmonite.com/product-category/arte-del-mundo/escultura-precolombina/

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