Mexican Historical Memorabilia

MUSEUM PERFECTION ! AZTEC INFLUENCED LATIN AMERICAN COLONIAL ART AMAZINGLY RARE PIECE ! Approx. 14" x 8" x 2 1/2" After Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec empire, painting and sculpture schools were set up within missions to produce art for Roman Catholic worship in Spanish America to promote Christian evangelization. The works that emerge from this period are great historic treasures and tell us much about this time in history. Icons were important in this conversion process. Here is an Imagene that was likely employed in a church from the 17th century. It features 5 elaborately carved faces and figures depicting angels and saints. This piece is magnificent for many reasons, but the most important reason is that this piece illustrates the bridge between the Spanish and Aztec art schools. The Aztecs had developed the most splendid feather art in the world. Feather mosaics (arte plumario in Spanish, amantecayotl in Nahuatl), were created by specially trained and talented Aztec nobles. The blue green iridescent color of hummingbird feathers had made them a regular form of tribute to Aztec rulers and art that featured these feathers were incomparable. The Spanish art instructors adopted feathers into traditional Catholic imagery and this piece shows the result of such hybrid. Here feathers are prominently sculpted into the background and were polychromed with sensational hues to reflect the native love and cultural appreciation for feather art. Few feather mosaics survive because of their temporal frailty, but the wood worked feathers in this piece give scholars and collectors a lasting indication of how Aztecs stylistically used the feathers in their pieces. Aztec religious leaders wore headdresses and garments made of feathers - and here these saints appear to be wearing feather headdresses! Even after centuries, the colors of this piece are incredibly compelling. Fragments of the rich blue green pigment that was applied to mimic the hummingbird feathers are still present. The golds, yellows and browns display spectacular understanding of complementary colors. What's more this piece also shows Aztec sun imagery incorporated into the design! On the reverse side of the Saints' faces we see a vivid blue sun burst type design which clearly was an Aztec motif of the period and has no comparable counterpart in Catholic holy treasures...

circa 1970. We offer this unique pair of never used CANADA sneakers with original box. About CANADA: CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 70s and 80s. In the book Shoe Dog...

circa 1970. We offer this unique pair of never used CANADA sneakers with original box. About CANADA: CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 70s and 80s. In the book Shoe Dog...

We offer this unique pair of never used CANADA sneakers with original box. circa 1970. About CANADA: CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 70s and 80s. In the book Shoe Dog...

circa 1970. We offer this unique pair of never used CANADA sneakers with original box. About CANADA: CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 70s and 80s. In the book Shoe Dog...

We offer this unique pair of never used Canada sneakers with original box, circa 1970. About CANADA: CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 1970s and 1980s. In the book Shoe Dog...

circa 1970. We offer this unique pair of never used CANADA sneakers with original box. About CANADA: CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 70s and 80s. In the book Shoe Dog...

We offer this unique pair of never used Canada sneakers with original box, circa 1970. About Canada: Canada was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 1970s and 1980s. In the book Shoe Dog...

We offer this unique pair of never used Canada sneakers with original box, circa 1970 About Canada: Canada was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers brand, during the 1970s and 1980s. In the book Shoe Dog...

Circa 1970. We offer this unique pair of never used CANADA sneakers with original box. About CANADA: CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers b...

Striking Original Posters printed as a Signal System for the various Disciplines of the Mexico 68 Olympic Games. Each poster is dedicated to a specific sport...

Striking original large posters printed for promoting tourism to Mexico´s 68 Olympic Games. Each poster is dedicated to a specific Mexican craft or tradition, such as "Fireworks", "Piñatas", "Ceramic doves", Textiles and flowers. The poster illustrations were commissioned to different artists, with very varied styles. The first version printed (before the graphic identity program was completed) had simply the word "MEXICO" with a Roman font, the later version portrays at the top or bottom of each -as a unifying element- the games´ logo that integrated very successfully "Mexico 68...

1940s Rustic Carpentry Vice Tool Mesquite Wood Jalisco Ranch 48 tall x 31 w x 8 d inches In Unrestored Preowned Vintage Condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Review images p...

This Tarahamara vessel was used to make corn beer in Copper Canyon, Mexico. Complete with iron stand. Rawhide wrapped for stability, a used piece. 19" D x 25" H. Great match to P510....

Christopher Columbus Fascimile of His Own Book of Privileges 1502, Mexico, 1992 This rare book is a collection of Christopher Columbus archives that are found in the Foreign Offic...

This Tarahamara is a vessel that was used to make corn beer in Copper Canyon, Mexico. Complete with blacksmith forged stand. Rawhide wrapped for stability. A much used piece. Great l...

A hard to find set of four psychedelic Beatles t-shirts in box by Richard Avedon, circa 2000s. The shirts are 100% cotton, size large and are in brand new unused condition. Each sh...