[2] It is a bronze sculpture created by Joaquín Arias and Pedro Medina Guzmán, who cast it in Aguascalientes,[2] and the architect was Julio de la Peña.

[3] Minerva features a Late Roman ridge helmet and a goatskin aegis covers her breast.

[2] Her face has indigenous facial features as Arias modified the project, which originally requested a Greek figure.

[2] At her feet, the following slogan is written: "Justicia, Sabiduría y Fortaleza, custodian a esta leal Ciudad" (transl.

[1][3][5] Historian Bettina Monti Colombani found a comment that said: "If the painting of statues in this fashion continues, it won't be long before we have the Autochthon Minerva transformed into the 'green Indian'".