. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. Pig. 88. Stone idolfrom Tepoxtlan. /Ipj^ I X FT - ^^> ? ? Jm ? . ?: ???? ???,.. . m X H . 1 1 ~<Wm ?-•? :-:^- : fj 1 Ik. «n Fig. 89. Stone figure from the Uiade collection. SELER] TEMPLE PYRAMID OF TEPOXTLAN 351 Huautla in Mr. Robledos possession. In the old Uhde collection inthe Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin there are others of a verysimilar character (figure 39). These are by no means images ofthe pulque gods, but probably represent Macuil-xochitl, the god ofgaming, who is indeed frequently named together
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. Pig. 88. Stone idolfrom Tepoxtlan. /Ipj^ I X FT - ^^> ? ? Jm ? . ?: ???? ???,.. . m X H . 1 1 ~<Wm ?-•? :-:^- : fj 1 Ik. «n Fig. 89. Stone figure from the Uiade collection. SELER] TEMPLE PYRAMID OF TEPOXTLAN 351 Huautla in Mr. Robledos possession. In the old Uhde collection inthe Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin there are others of a verysimilar character (figure 39). These are by no means images ofthe pulque gods, but probably represent Macuil-xochitl, the god ofgaming, who is indeed frequently named together with the pulquegods. If any stone image is entitled to give us an idea of theidol whichstood in the cella of the casa del Tepozteco, it is the fine. Fig. 90. Stone figure of pulque god,Trocadero Museum. statue in the Musee du Trocadero (figure 90), which is reproducedunder the title Statue en calcaire, Toltec arrae de la hache depierre on page ix of the magnificent album recently published withthe title ;c Galerie Americaine du Musee dEthnographie du Troca-dero , for which the Due de Loubat, with his accustomed liber-ality, has again proArided the means. That is without question apulque god, a Tepoxtecatl, distinguished by the crescent-shaped nose VENUS PERIOD IX THE PICTURE WRITINGSOF THE BORGIAX CODEX GROUP- By Eduard Seler In chapter 82 of the Cronica Mexicana of Tezozomoc the accountof the formalities observed at the election of Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzinas king of Mexico contains also the purport of the speeches addressedto the newly elected king. He is exhorted therein to receive gra-ciously the tributary vassals when they come to the capital and toprovide them with all that is necessary for their homeward is admonish
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