Large Aztec Calendar Backflow Holder Cast in high-quality resin before

Cast in high-quality resin before being painstakingly hand-painted

Anne Stokes

Hand carved using the traditional 'undercut' skill

These fascinating calendars are carefully hand crafted by skilled artisans in Jalisco

from Skulls to Dragons

Large Aztec Calendar Backflow Holder Cast in high-quality resin beforeThese miraculous inventions show the ingenuity of the Mesoamericans. From early on, they had worked out a solar year of 365 days made up of eighteen twenty day months and five nameless days. Each of these months was associated with a particular god and activities and festivals were organised around the god's predilections. The five nameless days were considered very unlucky and little activity occured during these. Since there were no leap years, some