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Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico

Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico

McEwan, Colin
Middleton, Andrew
Cartwright, Caroline

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ISBN10: 0822339153
ISBN13: 9780822339151
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Nov 15 2006
Pages: 96
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.50 Width: 7.60 Depth: 9.80
Language: English
The nine turquoise mosaics from Mexico are some the most striking pieces in the collections of the British Museum. Among the few surviving such artifacts, these exquisite objects include two masks, a shield, a knife, a helmet, a double-headed serpent, a mosaic on a human skull, a jaguar, and an animal head. They all originate from the Mixtec and Aztec civilizations first encountered by Europeans during the Spanish conquest in the early sixteenth century. The mosaics have long excited admiration for their masterful blend of technical skill and artistry and fascination regarding their association with ritual and ceremony. Only recently though, have scientific investigations undertaken by the British Museum dramatically advanced knowledge of the mosaics by characterizing, for the first time, the variety of natural materials that were used to create them.

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