EditorialMosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca, one of the Aztec creator gods, also the god of rulers, warriors and sorcerers. Alternate bands of turquoise and lignite cover a human skull. The jew is moveable and hinged with leather. The eyes are made of two disks of iro...
EditorialMosaic Disk with a Mythological and Historical Scene. Mixtec; Northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: Diam. 30.5 cm (12 in.). Turquoise, earthenware, stucco, spondylus shell, mother of pearl, and iron pyrite, with pigment. Origin: Oaxaca ...
EditorialMosaic Disk with a Mythological and Historical Scene. Mixtec; Northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: Diam. 30.5 cm (12 in.). Turquoise, earthenware, stucco, spondylus shell, mother of pearl, and iron pyrite, with pigment. Origin: Oaxaca ...
EditorialMosaic Disk with a Mythological and Historical Scene. Mixtec; Northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: Diam. 30.5 cm (12 in.). Turquoise, earthenware, stucco, spondylus shell, mother of pearl, and iron pyrite, with pigment. Origin: Oaxaca ...
EditorialMirror with Jaguar or Coyote Mosaic, A.D. 500/600, Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, Mexico, M?xico, Iron pyrite, jade, shell, magnatite or ilmenite, and spondylus shell, Diam. 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.).
EditorialMirror Back with Great Goddess, 400-550. Guatemala(?), Escuintla, Teotihuac?n style, Classic Period. Slate, pigment; other side originally inlaid with polished pyrite mirror; overall: 20.1 x 0.2 cm (7 15/16 x 1/16 in.).
EditorialMosaic Disk with a Mythological and Historical Scene. Mixtec; Northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: Diam. 30.5 cm (12 in.). Turquoise, earthenware, stucco, spondylus shell, mother of pearl, and iron pyrite, with pigment. Origin: Oaxaca ...
EditorialMosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca, one of the Aztec creator gods, also the god of rulers, warriors and sorcerers. Alternate bands of turquoise and lignite cover a human skull. The jew is moveable and hinged with leather. The eyes are made of two disks of iro...