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Teotihuacan Jade
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Calcite onyx ritual
container in the form of a feline -
Teotihuacán culture (150
BC - AD 750) - From Mexico - Height: 16 cm Width: 31
cm Length: 33.5 cm This vessel, found at Teotihuacán in 1889, is sculpted in the form of a feline, probably a jaguar. Two cavities carved on its back indicate that it was probably used as a ritual container, perhaps a cuauhxicalli, a vessel for human hearts extracted in ritual sacrifices. British Museum Collection
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Stone mask -
Teotihuacán culture
(150 BC - AD 700) From Mexico -Height: 24 cm Width: 26 cm A large number of impressive stone masks were produced at Teotihuacán. Masks in the Teotihuacan style have been a prized item for European and American collectors since the nineteenth century and many have been faked to supply this lucrative market. The abstract, schematic expression and planar geometry of this large mask are typical of the Teotihuacan style. Holes were drilled in the eyes, mouth, ears and sides. The eyes and mouth were probably inlaid with shell, obsidian and/or iron pyrites. Earspools, made of perishable material, may have been originally set in the pierced ears. The cleft head recalls that found on some Olmec objects, such as votive axes. |
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Teotihuacan greenstone figure Classic circa AD 450-650 15 inches high |
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Mask,
3rd–7th century Mexico; Teotihuacan Onyx marble; H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection |
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Black limestone mask -
Teotihuacán
style (150 BC - AD 700) - From Santiago Ahuizotla, Mexico State, Mexico -
Height: 19 cm Width: 16.5 cm This stone mask, found in the Basin of Mexico, displays a wide forehead and stylized planar features typical of the Teotihuacan style. Designs are carved on the cheeks, representing facial painting and it was perhaps originally inlaid with shell or other materials. Most similar masks are plain and only a few have remnants of pigment or engraved decoration on cheeks and ears. Different types of stone, such as granite, calcite, serpentine and alabaster, were used to carve Teotihuacan-style masks in varying sizes and proportions. |
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Teotihuacán Mask, A.D. 250650 Jadeite H. 2 3/4" (7 cm); W. 2 1/8" (5.4 cm) |
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Teotihuacán Mask, A.D. 250650 Onyx H. 7 1/8" (18.1 cm); W. 6 3/4" (17.1 cm) |
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Teotihuacán Mask, A.D. 250650 Black limestone H. 9 7/8" (25.1 cm); W. 10" (25.4 cm) |
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Teotihuacán Mask, A.D. 250650 Serpentine H. 8 1/2" (21.6 cm); W. 8 1/8" (20.6 cm) |
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Dignitary Mask - Greenstone Teotihuacan Culture Central Mexico 250-600 C.E. 7" h, 6.5" w, 3.5" d |
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Greenstone Standing
Figure, 3rd–7th century Mexico; Teotihuacan |
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Dignitary Mask Stone Teotihuacan Culture Central Mexico 250-600 A.D. 9.5" h, 9.75" w William Siegal Galleries Collection
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Teotihuacan Stone
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Polished Greenstone Mask Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, 1-750 Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Jade Ear Spool Ornament Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, 150-200 Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Teotihuacan
Miniature Mask (modified with copper mount) Private Collection object - unknown provenience
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Onyx Mask - Teotihuacan Style = 250-750 CE (AD) - Armreia, Colima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Polished Greenstone Mask Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, 1-750 Teotihuacán stone masks were not worn but, instead, were tied to something via holes on the back-perhaps a body-shaped form dressed in garments, ornaments, and a headdress. (The bust in the photo suggests how such images might have looked unclothed.) These assemblages perhaps represented such deities as the city's patron Great Goddess. Inlays animated the eyes and mouth, and ornaments adorned pierced ears. Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Plished Stone Mask - Teotihucan - 250-750 CE (AD) - Santiago Tlatelolco DF |
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Teotihuacan Necklace, Beads and Butterfly Nose
Ornament c. 150-200 Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Pre-Columbian Ear Spools A common adornment of many Pre-columbian cultures was the ear spool. The above example is 2.25 inches in diameter, made from a nephrite or serpentine mineral. The above piece was discovered in 1949 by Dr. Allen Heflin at Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. |
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Teotihucan Figure Private Collection |
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