Florentine Codex illustrations.
[ The Midwife Addresses the Woman Who Has Died in Childbirth ]
[ The Midwife Addresses the Newly Delivered Woman ]
A stone statue of Cihuacoatl, an Aztec fertility goddess.
Here she emerges from the mouth of a serpent holding an ear of maize in her left hand.
Discovered in Cuernavaca. Dated 1325 - 1521 CE. Owned by the Museo Nacional Antropologia.