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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…

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…

Amulet. Design represents a parrot.

Stone axe Olmec style, Guerrero, Mexico, 1500 B.C.-A.D.300 The polished surface of this porphyry axe blade is engraved, in fine lines, with a divine figure wearing a jaguar mask and holding a club or burning torch. The Olmex style spread from its…

Pottery jar; slanted pattern on exterior.

Pottery jar with nubbin feet.

Clay censer, with face on body of the censer (Rain God Tlaloc).

Shallow pottery tripod dish; decorated with reddish-brown and black paint on interior and exterior; 'cascabel' feet.

Tripod dish in pottery; feet in form of birds' heads.