⚠️ANOUNCEMENT⚠️ since my Dumb ass lost the email to this account and the password I have created a new Account @ Axolitoo don't worry I will still post on this account except it will no longer be my primary account also follow me on Instagram @ Axolitoo
4: my art piece is based of a depiction from the florentine codex however the mexica themselves sculpted depictions of cihuateteo having a skull like face claws a skirt that is tide at the waist with a snake and even skulls worn as decorations.
🧵thread 1: Cihuateteo. In nahua/Mexica tradition a cihuateteo wher women who had died during child birth since in mexica society giving birth was seen similar to a warrior fighting on the field they were upheld the same as a warrior who had died in battle and thus upon death >
Mujer Teotihuacana. Teotihuacan women I drew based on clay figuring and Pottery found in Teotihuacan
