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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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