EditorialPair of Eagle Ear Ornaments, 15th?16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec or Mixtec, Gold, H. 2 3/8 x W. 1 3/16 in. (6 x 2.1 cm), Metal-Ornaments.
EditorialPectoral, in the form of a double-headed serpent. Made of cedro wood and covered with mosaic made of turquoise and red thorny oyster shell. The teeth in the two open mouths are made from conch shell. Period Aztec /Mixtec. 1400-1521. Mexico. British Mus...
EditorialMexica/Mixtec. 15th-16th C. From Mexico. The skull of the smoking mirror. Turquoise, lignite and pyrite. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialCenser representing the god of rain Tlaloc. Postclassical period (1300-1521). Mixtec Culture. Ceramic, stucco, tufa and paint. Teotitlan del Camino (State of Oaxaca, Mexico). Dallas Museum of Art, State of Texas. United States.
EditorialCenser representing the god of rain Tlaloc. Postclassical period (1300-1521). Mixtec Culture. Ceramic, stucco, tufa and paint. Teotitlan del Camino (State of Oaxaca, Mexico). Dallas Museum of Art, State of Texas. United States.
EditorialCenser representing the god of rain Tlaloc. Postclassical period (1300-1521). Mixtec Culture. Ceramic, stucco, tufa and paint. Teotitlan del Camino (State of Oaxaca, Mexico). Dallas Museum of Art, State of Texas. United States.
EditorialDetail of a turquois mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec / Mixtec. It is carved in wood and covered with turquois mosaic. The eye sockets were probably inlaid with iron pyrites and shell. This ornment was probablyworn as a pectoral on ceremonial o...