The Musée du Président Jacques Chirac is currently presenting an amazing assemblage of ancient Mexican art.
Le cinquième soleil - Arts du Mexique showcases more than 150 sculptures, masks, vases and musical instruments representing three thousand years of creation by the Aztec, Olmec, Teotihuacan, Veracruz cultures and others.
Visit the exhibition's official website.
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| Figure depicting the goddess Chalchiutlicue - Aztec, Mexico |
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| Hacha - Veracruz, Mexico |
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| Incensario depicting an anthropo-zoomorphic being - Teotihuacan, Mexico |
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| Butterfly pyxis - Teotihuacan, Mexico |
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| Figure - Teotihuacan, Mexico |
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| Incensario figure - Teotihuacan, Mexico |
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| Male figure - Aztec, Mexico |
Information and images courtesy of the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac
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