Skull with Mosaic Inlay

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Skull with Mosaic Inlay

Mexico, Oaxaca or Puebla, Mixtec or Zapotec, 1400–1521
Human skull with inlaid turquoise, jadeite, and spondylus shell
6 1/2 × 6 × 8 in. (16.51 × 15.24 × 20.32 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (M.86.311.47a-b)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Fields, Virginia M. Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. London: Scala; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.
  • Pohl, John M.D., Virginia M. Fields, and Victoria I. Lyall. "Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico." Tribal Art no.64 (2012): 64-73.