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The Aztecs knew the jaguar as a strong, fierce hunter. They admired jaguars so much that Aztec rulers were said to sit on the Jaguar Throne. Like the Maya before them, Aztec warriors captured jaguars and wore jaguar skins. The maker of this sculpture may not have hunted jaguars, but he knew what made them powerful. How does the sculpture show this power?
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The Aztecs were a Nahuatl-speaking northern Mexican tribe that
founded
Tenochtitlan in the Valley of Mexico. During the 15th and 16th
centuries, they ruled an empire that reached across central and
southern Mexico. Also called the Mexica.
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