Mixtec Collection

Sacrificial knife, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century
Sacrificial knife, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. The handle is carved in wood and covered with mosaic of turquoise, shell and malachite. The blade is made of chalcedony

Polychrome Bowl Depicting Eight Abstract Motifs on Exterior, 1200 / 1521. Creator: Unknown
Polychrome Bowl Depicting Eight Abstract Motifs on Exterior, 1200/1521. Probably Cholula, Mixteca-Puebla style, Puebla, Mexico

Miniature Mask, A. D. 1300 / 1400. Creator: Unknown
Miniature Mask, A.D. 1300/1400

Shell, Possibly an Arm Band, Incised with Profile Head Framed by Geometric Motifs... c
Shell, Possibly an Arm Band, Incised with Profile Head Framed by Geometric Motifs (Fragment), c. A.D. 1200

Tripod Vessel, c. A. D. 200. Creator: Unknown
Tripod Vessel, c. A.D. 200

Detail of a turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century
Detail of a turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. It is carved in wood and covered with turquoise mosaic

Aztec Turquoise and Lignite mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca, 15th - 16th century
Aztec mask believed to represent Tezcatlipoca, modelled on a skull with the back cut away and lined with leather, 15th to 16th century. The jaw is hinged. From the British Museum

Mask representing a god, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century
Aztec Turquoise Mosaic Mask.Mask representing a god, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century. A turquoise and shell mask usually thought to represent the god Quetzalcoatl

Codex Borgianus showing confronting deities, Mixtec, Pre-Columbian Mexico, 12th-16th century
Codex Borgianus showing confronting deities, Mixtec, Pre-Columbian Mexico, c1400. The Mixtec civilization flourished from c 1200 until the Spanish conquest in the 16th century

Skull covered in turquoise mosaic, Mixtec, southern Mexico, 1400-1521

Zoomorphic form from the Codex Borgianus, Mixtec, Pre-Columbian Mexico, c1400. From the Vatican Museum

Pottery Plate with Deer motif, Mixtec, Cholula, Mexico, 1300-1521

Gold Pendant, Mixtec, 1200-1521. The head of a person of high rank is shown by the elaborate ear-rings and head dress. British Museum

Aztec Gold Pendant of a Ruler with ritual regalia, Mixtec, 1200-1521. He holds a serpent-staff battleaxe and a shield. A mask hangs from his lip-ring. British Museum

Codex Zouche-Nuttall is a pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography, 1200-1521. Codex (screenfold manuscript book) comprising 47 leaves, made of painted deer skin, painted

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