Let me tell you about some wild, ancient history. In the heart of Tenochtitlán, the massive statue of Coatlicue, the Aztec goddess with the iconic serpent skirt, once towered over the city. She was the mother of gods, carved from stone, but that’s just half the story. Legend speaks of a hidden twin—Coatlicue with the face of a giant ape,
symbolizing the primal link between the divine and the wild. When the Spanish rolled in and tore down the empire, the Mexica weren’t about to let their treasures get destroyed.
They buried this ape-faced Coatlicue deep beneath the earth, keeping her safe from the invaders. Fast forward to 1790, Coatlicue’s original statue gets dug up in Mexico City, but her wild twin? Still buried somewhere in the underground, waiting to be rediscovered. This tee channels that lost power, the hidden secrets of a city built on an empire’s bones, a reminder that what’s lost ain’t always gone—just waiting to be found.