Aztec Calendar, Replica
Object Details
- Description
- This is a twentieth century replica of a stone Aztec calendar found in Mexico City in 1760. It is made from a composite material and has a backing of red velvet with a paper label and a metal ring by which it could be hung. For a related explanation, distributed with the object, see MA.302251.02.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jorge Sendel-Iturbide
- ID Number
- MA.333755
- catalog number
- 333755
- accession number
- 302251
- Object Name
- calendar
- Physical Description
- composite (calendar material)
- cloth (backing material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.2 cm x 24 cm x 24 cm; 15/32 in x 9 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in
- place made
- Mexico
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Timekeeping
- Latino
- Record ID
- nmah_1214837
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9473-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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