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Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Small copper pin.
Description
Metallurgy in copper was popular in Mixtec times. The art of metalworking was introduced around AD 800 into West Mexico from Central or South America
Subject
[Pins and needles--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Small copper pin.
Description
Metallurgy in copper was popular in Mixtec times. The art of metalworking was introduced around AD 800 into West Mexico from Central or South America
Subject
[Pins and needles--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Small copper pin.
Description
Metallurgy in copper was popular in Mixtec times. The art of metalworking was introduced around AD 800 into West Mexico from Central or South America
Subject
[Pins and needles--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Small copper pin.
Description
Metallurgy in copper was popular in Mixtec times. The art of metalworking was introduced around AD 800 into West Mexico from Central or South America
Subject
[Pins and needles--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
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