MEXICO — Postcard “Album souvenir, precolombian art”
Album souvenir, precolombian art
Pavillon :
9 reproductions of precolombian masterpieces from the art collection of the Mexican Pavilion at Expo 67. Contains the stamp of the pavilion on the cover. Postcard contents: Cover—Funerary Mask, Basait, Teotihuacan civilization, Ill—IV century B.C., Discovered at Teotihuacan, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.; Postcard No.1— Deity of Virility, Limestone, Maya civilization, Vth century A.D., Discovered at Campeche Camp., Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.; Postcard No.2— Chac-Mool, Rain God, Limestone, Maya-Tolteca civilization, Xth century A.D., Discovered at Chichen-ltza, Yucatan, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.; Postcard No.3— Jaguar, Funerary Urn, Terracotta, Zapoteca civilization, Vlth - Vlllth century A.D., Discovered at Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.; Postcard No.4—Xochipilli, Flower Prince, God of the Arts, Volcanic stone, Aztec civilization, 1324–1521 A.D., Discovered in Mexico City, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D. F. ; Postcard No.5—Coatlicue, Godess of the Earth, Life and Death with a, crown of skulls, Basait, Aztec civilization, 1324–1521 A.D., Discovered in Mexico City, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D. F. ; Postcard No.6—Left:, Quetzalcoatl, Toltec column, Basait, Tolteca civilization, Vlllth—Xlth century A.D., Discovered at Tula, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.; Right:, Prince, Leader of Men, Basait, Olmeca civilization, llnd—Vth century A.D., Discovered in San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, Veracruz, Coll. Museo de Antropologia de Jalapa, Veracruz ; Postcard No.7—Serpent, God of Terrestrial Force, Basait, Aztec civilization, 1324–1521 A.D., Discovered in Mexico City, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.; Postcard No.8—Face of the Sun, Receptacle for Offerings, Terracotta, Maya civilization, Vth century A.D., Discovered at Palenque, Chiapas, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.; Postcard No.9— Sacred Chamber of Bonampak, Fresco, Maya civilization, Vlllth century, Discovered at Chiapas, Coll. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, D.F.
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Author: Pavillon du Mexique
Editor: Pavillon du Mexique
Date of publication: April, 28th 1967
Collection: Collection personnelle, expo67.museum
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches
Number of pages: 28 p.
Degree of rarity: Rare