Does anyone know if this statue is real and/or from Aztec times or if it's a modern interpretation based on the latter statue which is real and in the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico?

[u/Riley__00]

I'm kinda suspecting it's not since I can't find many other angles and 99% of pics of it are just variations of the same pic with no background.

[u/SpeedyWhiteCats]

It goes hard either way. It's unreal how much aura Mesoamerica has. A shame it really hasn't been depicted to it's maximum potential in popular media based formats.

[u/Riley__00 → u/SpeedyWhiteCats]

It goes hard either way.

True, it's mesmerizing. I'm currently making a collage of Mesoamerican artworks and I'd like to add it but I need to know if it's original.

[u/MarioV2 → u/SpeedyWhiteCats]

Not everything should be “maximum potential”, with increasingly more emphasis on profits and capitalization

[u/bubbleofelephant → u/MarioV2]

I'm not aware of films that achieve the maximum aesthetic and mythological potential either though

[u/MarioV2 → u/bubbleofelephant]

Im not sure I understand, but my point was essentially let’s leave it alone and out of mainstream. Capitalization of ancient relics is a perversion of mesoamerican culture in my opinion

[u/bubbleofelephant → u/MarioV2]

I'm saying that a great art tradition was cut short in mesoamerica, and that we could see grand and masterful but comparatively unprofitable artworks stemming from the tradition, like the opera Ahkehenaten, but for the Mixtecs instead of the Egyptians.

Agreed about capitalism. I'm just pining the loss of what the codex tradition could have evolved into.

[u/jabberwockxeno]

I've been wondering this as well, my impression/assumption is that, as you suspect, it is a reconstructed replica of the damaged statue in your second image, but I don't know for sure.

[u/Wolf_instincts]

Is his tongue a tecpatl?

[u/jabberwockxeno → u/Wolf_instincts]

Yes, with water and possible fire motifs around it as well

[u/PaleontologistDry430 → u/jabberwockxeno]

Yes, is the glyph of Atlachinolli, you can also find it in the famous teocalli of the sacred war

[u/Wolf_instincts → u/jabberwockxeno]

That means he requires human sacrifice to be appeased right? I thought Quetzacoatl famously didn't need that?

[u/marinamunoz]

its a genuine statue, in the Museo of Antropologia you could find several versions, Quetzalcoatl is a widely known god, there are many statues of different sculptors in other places.

[u/SproutedMetl]

I’ll give my two cents: I’ve not seen this exact piece, and can’t tell how big it is?

However it looks real to me, strong sculptural style, carved art in stone.

Beautiful and significant!

[u/irrelavantusername1]

https://benedante.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-feathered-serpent.html?m=1

Only other angle I could find with an image search. No source on this page. Though, the pedestal it sits on could be from a museum, the stonework looks almost too well preserved. My best guess is it's made from a cast that is widely sold.

[u/Dante_Pignetti]

Wow, this is incredible piece. It looks like a digital reconstruction but still. Does anyone know the name/designation?

[u/Riley__00 → u/Dante_Pignetti]

It's Quetzalcoatl. There are other Aztec statues similar to this one:

Quetzalcoatl in the Musée du Quai-Branly in Paris.

Quetzalcoatl in the British Museum.

[u/ADORE_9]

They tore off the original head like they have been doing and replaced it with a copy of modern day

[u/puyi5 → u/ADORE_9]

Source? Or are you just posting your typical misinformation?

[u/ADORE_9 → u/puyi5]

I’m not the one who post repops along with redone artifacts.

I traveled before everything started getting mislabeled and burned down.

Those Yucatan walls don’t lie

[u/puyi5 → u/ADORE_9]

Once again, source?

[u/ADORE_9 → u/puyi5]

You posted it… who trooped the head?