Mexico Archeology Ceramic Maguey God Offering Sculpture, "honouring the Maguey"

From pre-Hispanic times, the people of Mexico's central highlands cultivated maguey plants. The thick curved leaves, were used in houses, and they became fuel for the fires used for cooking as well as plates for the food. The tough fibers were used for weaving or twisted into ropes, and the sharp spines were used as nails and needles. So important was the maguey that the Aztecs had a goddess dedicated to it — Mayahuel — depicted in the Borgia Codex as a male. The craftspeople of the Angel Ceron Artisan Association create an image in honour of Mexico's pre-Hispanic civilizations in handcrafted ceramic. They depict a seated nobleman who lifts his eyes toward the heavens as he holds an offering of tender maguey leaves.