[Museum](https://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/23098). The subject of this small sculpture is death, which was a rather lively part of Aztec culture. Skeletons and death transformations were important themes in sculpture: consider the skull racks where the remains of sacrificial victims were curated in Tenochtitlan’s Templo Mayor precinct, or the great goddess Coatlicue, decapitated and with snakes emerging from her severed neck.
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[Museum](https://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/23098). The subject of this small sculpture is death, which was a rather lively part of Aztec culture. Skeletons and death transformations were important themes in sculpture: consider the skull racks where the remains of sacrificial victims were curated in Tenochtitlan’s Templo Mayor precinct, or the great goddess Coatlicue, decapitated and with snakes emerging from her severed neck.