Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico

by Andrew Middleton, Caroline Cartwright, Rebecca Stacey, et al.

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822339242

ISBN13:9780822339243

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:96 Pages

Weight:0.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 7.5" x 9.7"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography

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