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Human skulls carved in stone, with tenons at the back for fitting into a wall Aztec or Tlascalan style, Mexico, A.D.1450-1520 Described by Dr McPherson as from the southern state of Oaxaca, the skulls are more likely to be from the Atlantic coast…

Human skulls carved in stone, with tenons at the back for fitting into a wall Aztec or Tlascalan style, Mexico, A.D.1450-1520. Described by Dr McPherson as from the southern state of Oaxaca, the skulls are more likely to be from the Atlantic coast…

Gold pendant ornament Mixtec style, Oaxaca, Mexico, A.D.1400-1500 The Mixteca were supreme artists in gold and lapidary work. This small mask, with the face of beaten plate and cast pendant ear ornaments, resembles some of the magnificent gold items…

Clay head, Mongoloid type, Archaic.

Fragment (head) of red clay figure, covered in greyish clay/pigment, some of which is now flaking off. Wears necklet.

Fragment of statuette, head only, traces of red paint on face.

Fragment of statuette.

Clay statuette: representation of female figure, Mongoloid type with head and hat or headdress, small arms legs and exaggerated hips. Museum's slip catalogue: 'FIGURINES, human, 16* fragments of, in a whitish pottery. Found by a workman when digging…

Fragment of statuette; traces of red pigment on headdress.

Fragment of statuette.