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"COYOLXAUHQUI"
2002 : 30cm diameter : Inks & markers on card
This piece recreates an event in Aztec legend. Coyolxauhqui was the female leader of a rival tribe who were aiming to kill the god Huitzilopochtli who emerged fully armoured from his mother on the top of a mountain. Coyoxauhqui's army stormed the mountain but she was killed and thrown down the mountain where her body flew into several pieces. |
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