Topiltzin or high priest of the ancient Aztec or Mexica people, Mexico. In feather headdress, long fringed simar robe, sun pendant on his chest, sandals. Holding a ceremonial knife used in ritual sacrifice. Topilzin de l'ancien Mexique. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

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