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Collections

Skull with Mosaic Inlay1400–1521

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Title
Skull with Mosaic Inlay
Culture
Mixtec or Zapotec
Place Made
Mexico, Oaxaca or Puebla
Date Made
1400–1521
Medium
Human skull with inlaid turquoise, jadeite, and spondylus shell
Dimensions
6 1/2 × 6 × 8 in. (16.51 × 15.24 × 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.86.311.47a-b
Classification
Organic Materials
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected 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.
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