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Mixtec ear spool or rin...
MawM0087
 
Title
Mixtec ear spool or ring.
Description
The Mixtec culture excelled in the time consuming lapidary and metallurgy arts. The stone-work required chipping, drilling, sawing, abrading, and polishing. The goldsmithing involved melting, forging, burnishing, folding and cutting metal.
Subject
[Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1250
MawM0087-bot.jp2
Mixtec ear spool or rin...
MawM0087
 
Title
Mixtec ear spool or ring.
Description
The Mixtec culture excelled in the time consuming lapidary and metallurgy arts. The stone-work required chipping, drilling, sawing, abrading, and polishing. The goldsmithing involved melting, forging, burnishing, folding and cutting metal.
Subject
[Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1250
MawM0087-270.jp2
Mixtec ear spool or rin...
MawM0087
 
Title
Mixtec ear spool or ring.
Description
The Mixtec culture excelled in the time consuming lapidary and metallurgy arts. The stone-work required chipping, drilling, sawing, abrading, and polishing. The goldsmithing involved melting, forging, burnishing, folding and cutting metal.
Subject
[Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1250
MawM0087-180.jp2
Mixtec ear spool or rin...
MawM0087
 
Title
Mixtec ear spool or ring.
Description
The Mixtec culture excelled in the time consuming lapidary and metallurgy arts. The stone-work required chipping, drilling, sawing, abrading, and polishing. The goldsmithing involved melting, forging, burnishing, folding and cutting metal.
Subject
[Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1250
MawM0087-090.jp2
Mixtec ear spool or rin...
MawM0087
 
Title
Mixtec ear spool or ring.
Description
The Mixtec culture excelled in the time consuming lapidary and metallurgy arts. The stone-work required chipping, drilling, sawing, abrading, and polishing. The goldsmithing involved melting, forging, burnishing, folding and cutting metal.
Subject
[Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1250
MawM0087-000.jp2
Mixtec ear spool or rin...
MawM0087
 
Title
Mixtec ear spool or ring.
Description
The Mixtec culture excelled in the time consuming lapidary and metallurgy arts. The stone-work required chipping, drilling, sawing, abrading, and polishing. The goldsmithing involved melting, forging, burnishing, folding and cutting metal.
Subject
[Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1250
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