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Mesoamerican Mexican
mixtec
Gold Exhibit |
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Pectoral Objects
Ornamental objects |
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A gold breastplate from Monte Albán, Mexico,
made by the Mixtec people in about AD
1000. |
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Mixtec gold pectoral
National museum of natural
history, new york
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Gold Pectoral or Pendant from Monte Alban
tomb 7 |
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Gold Pectoral or Pendant
from Monte Alban tomb 7 - Costa Rica/Panama style |
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Mixtec Gold Pectoral |
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Mixtec gold pectoral pendant
representing Quetzalcoatl
AD 1400-1521
Oaxaca, Mexico
Smithsonian |
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Ornamental Objects
Ornamental objects |
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Gold
ring with feline head in relief -
Mixtec,
AD 1200-1521
From Mexico - Height:
1.1 cm
Diameter: 2 cm
The gold
ring has a design of two snakes flanking a feline head in relief. Analysis
by the Department of Scientific Research at The British Museum shows that it
was made with an alloy of gold (about 74%) and silver (about 24%), with a
small amount of copper probably occurred naturally in the gold deposits. It
was cast by the lost-wax method.
British Museum Collection |
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Mixtec Laminate, Hammered, and
Repoussé Gold Ornaments
Santo Domingo Convent Oaxaca Mexico
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Mixtec Hammered and embossed gold necklace
Santo Domingo Convent Oaxaca Mexico |
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Mixtec
Pair of ear spools,
A.D. late 15thearly 16th C.
Obsidian
H. 3/4" (1.9 cm); D. 1 5/8" (4.1 cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection
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Mixtec
Pair of hummingbird earrings,
A.D. late 15thearly 16th C.
Cast gold
H. 2 3/8" (6 cm); W. 3/4" (1.9 cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection |
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Mixtec
Turtleshell necklace,
A.D. late 15thearly 16th C.
Cast gold
H. 1 3/4" (4.4 cm);
W. 1" (2.5 cm), each bead
Dumbarton Oaks Collection
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Gold ornamental bead in the form of a
tapir
Mixtec
Achuitla, Oaxaca, Mexico; c. 1200-1521
American Museum of Natural History,
Anthropology
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Mixtec Pendant Overall: 7.7cm x 2.2cm |
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Mixtec Hammered and embossed gold necklace
Santo Domingo Convent Oaxaca Mexico
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Museum of the American Indian Washington D.C. |
Mixtec Gold Turtle Shell
Gold Snake Rattle
National Museum of Natural History, New
York |
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Frog Ornament - Gold
in the form of a frog - Mixtec
Tututepec, Oaxaca, Mexico; c. 1200-1521
American Museum of Natural
History
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Gold Mixtec funerary mask
Oaxaca Mexico Mixtec-Aztec Culture Late
Postclassic Period 1350-1521 CE
Dallas Museum of Art |
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Mixtec Gold Ring |
Labrets
Gold Labrets (Lip Plugs) of the
pre-columbian Mixtec culture |
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Labret - Late Post-Classic
period, 1200–1521 - Gold - H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum |
Gold labret [lip plug] with eagle
Mixtec/Aztec
Tututepec, Oaxaca, Mexico; c. 1200-1521 CE
American Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology
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Mixtec
Eagle head labret,
A.D. late 15thearly 16th C.
Cast gold
H. 3/4" (1.9 cm); W. 1" (2.5 cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection |
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Mixtec Copper alloy Eagle's Head Labret from
Puebla Peabody Museum |
Humans
/ Shamans / Demonic
Humans, Shamans, and
Demonistic
pre-columbian Aztec & Mixtec gold designs |
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Gold
pendant depicting a ruler - Mixtec, AD 1200-1521 - From Tehuantepec,
Oaxaca, Mexico
This pendant was found in Tehuantepec in the 1870s,
together with three other gold objects, while building work was being
carried out at a private house. It represents a nobleman wearing a necklace,
earrings and a lip plug from which hangs a mask with three suspended bells.
He carries a staff in his right hand and a shield in the left. The pendant
was made using the lost-wax method .
British Museum Collection |
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The
Mixtecs were the greatest metalworkers of their era. An enclave of skilled
Mixtec artisans worked in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, but almost all
the goldwork produced in Aztec territory was melted down by the invading
Spaniards. Fortunately many pieces created in Oaxaca, the Mixtec homeland,
survived - including 121 gold objects from one particularly rich tomb at
Monte Albán. They lay undetected and undisturbed for many centuries. |
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