Large Wood Framed Malachite Aztec Calendar

This piece is an Aztec Calendar made of an exclusive process using ground Malachite stone mixed with resin. It also features a wood frame and felt backing with a hook for wall hanging.

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History: The aztec calendar also known as the sun stone is probably the best-known monument of Mexico. This exact handcrafted replica is made from the same basalt stone as the original which measures 12 feet in diameter, 4 feet thick and weighing 24.5 tons. It was sculpted in 1479 and placed in the Great Temple (Templo Mayor) the centerpiece of the Aztec Capitol Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City). Because symbols of the 20-day Aztec calendar circle it, the disc was misidentified as a calendar after its discovery in 1790 beneath Mexico City's central square. Today however, scholars recognize that the stone was no mere calendar. the glyphs and icons adorning it were a road map of the Aztecs' destiny, indicating not only when the world was supposed to have begun, but also when it would end.

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