
Chichimeca - Mexico
Chichimeca Jonaz | Mision de Chichimecas, Guanajuato | Mexico, 2017
The origin of the Mexican coat of arms is bound up with an Aztec legend. It is said that a god named Huitzilopochtli told the chief of a nomadic group that they would encounter an eagle standing on top of a cactus and eating a snake, and that they should settle at this spot. They did indeed find the eagle and the settlement they started was named Tenochtitlan. Today this place is known as Mexico City.


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Editions
Limited to 19
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frame
Wallnut wood
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glass
Musem glass
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Sizes
074 x 062 cm - Edition of 9
120 x 100 cm - Edition of 6
170 x 140 cm - Edition of 3
207 x 170 cm - Edition of 1