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Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl
1400/1521
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Details
- Title: Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl
- Date Created: 1400/1521
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 18.20cm; Width: 16.50cm; Depth: 12.50cm
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: gilded; hand-modelled
- Subject: pre-columbian deity
- Registration number: Am1987,Q.3
- Place: Excavated/Findspot Mexico
- Period/culture: Aztec; Mixtec
- Other information: Cultural rights may apply.
- Material: cedrela wood; turquoise; conch shell; gold; beeswax; pine resin
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
- Acquisition: Purchased from Leman. Previous owner/ex-collection Demidov. Previous owner/ex-collection Medici
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