okay your guess is pretty much as good as mine as to which particular cultures these pieces are from, but the general order (starting with the other post) is northern, then western cultures, followed by Maya, then cultures of the of Gulf, then Oaxaca, Teotihuacán, maybe some Olmecs, and lastly Toltecs.
this guy is Dios Viejo, pic doesn´t do justice but he is about 3ft tall and of clay
lookin tough
cool piece in wood
these incredibly intricate vases or vasijas are from cultures from in the gulf coast area
i tried really hard to steal this one, i think its another vasija
pay no attention to the gringo reflected in the glass of this moving piece about the EUA
replica of victims of human sacrifice found in the above pyramid type thing which i think is from Oaxaca maybe..note the hands tied behind their backs
Teotihuacán, dios de los tormentos
These are Toltec bas reliefs, first is Quetzálcoatle
Tlaloc, the wind god (i think), who is another form of Quetzálcoatl
Quetzálcoatle once more, with heart and three drops of blood
All three of these had reliefs on four sides, this is the side of the last one which features an Ocelotl, associated with the underworld. His forked tongue is falling on a ear of maize, which has been interpreted as humanity emerging from darkness, humanity's creation, and its survival thanks to the domestication of maize. (according to the plaque en ingles)
Reeeally old coloring book by a Spaniard
Coyotes - definitely Mexica, along with Quetzalcoatl
this one's got feathers! but i dont remember why
carved human bones
model of the Tlatelolco market, where according to a Spanish conquistador more than 30,000 natives traded each day.
this was somewhere in the valle de méxico
ofrenda del templo mayor, from Tenochtitlán, which of course is mexico city today. i think this is the real deal, not a replica but its hard to say because despite its awesomeness, virtually none of the displays in the museo had any specific details about the pieces. the card in this one is the rare exception to the rule of no information at all about each piece
really beautiful modern mural in the museo, couldn't get a better picture unfortunately
opening a can for flan
