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Title
Aztec, Mexica ear plugs : banana form.
Description
This non-matching pair of plugs represent a different style of body adornment used by the non-elite. They came in different sizes and shapes suitable to the wearer. The banana plug was worn by the Aztec and the Gulf Coast Huastec. It is possible they could be nose ornaments or ear plugs.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Ceramic jewelry--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec, Mexica ear plugs : banana form.
Description
This non-matching pair of plugs represent a different style of body adornment used by the non-elite. They came in different sizes and shapes suitable to the wearer. The banana plug was worn by the Aztec and the Gulf Coast Huastec. It is possible they could be nose ornaments or ear plugs.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Ceramic jewelry--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec, Mexica ear plugs : banana form.
Description
This non-matching pair of plugs represent a different style of body adornment used by the non-elite. They came in different sizes and shapes suitable to the wearer. The banana plug was worn by the Aztec and the Gulf Coast Huastec. It is possible they could be nose ornaments or ear plugs.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Ceramic jewelry--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec, Mexica ear plugs : banana form.
Description
This non-matching pair of plugs represent a different style of body adornment used by the non-elite. They came in different sizes and shapes suitable to the wearer. The banana plug was worn by the Aztec and the Gulf Coast Huastec. It is possible they could be nose ornaments or ear plugs.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Ceramic jewelry--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
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