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Mesoamerican Mexican
Aztec (Mexica)
Gold Exhibit		 Museen der Stadt Nürnberg, Gemälde und Skulpturen
Pectoral Objects
 Ornamental objects
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, CONACULTA-INAH. Photo Michel Zabé Reverse side of pectoral ornamental piece - note marking on bottom and similarity with Costa Rica Panamanian pieces

May have originated from lower Central America

Pectoral, gold
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City

Pectoral de oro

 

 		 Gold Aztec Pectoral Ornament

Aztec Bimetallic Gold & Silver Pectoral ornament

Aztec Gold Multipart Pectoral

 

 

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Origenes de la metalurgia en Mexico
Metallurgical Zones of Mexico
Ornamental Objects
Ornamental objects
Frog Ornaments, 15th–early 16th century
Mexico; Mixtec/Aztec
Gold; H. each 7/8 in. (2.1 cm)
Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection		 Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington DC. Photo Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C Aztec Snail shell necklace. Cast gold.
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington DC.
Gold & turquoise mosaic Yanhuitlán Pectoral broach

 

Anillo de oro

 Aztec Gold ring

Gold Aztec Necklace

Aretes de oro

 Gold Aztec ear pieces

Gold Aztec Xipe Totep Mask

Aztec Pectoral Ornament Aztec Pectoral Ornament

 
Aztec Gold mask bell pendant with pendant earrings depicting a monkey head
Aztec

AMNH

 

 Aztec mosaic mask wood, turqoise, resin, and gold nose bridge - Tlaloc Mixtec-Aztec Culture Late Postclassic Period 1350-1521 CE

Dallas Museum of Art

Aztec Gold & Shell Necklace

Gold Aztec Moon Goddess Pendant

Aztec Xochipilli Pendant

Gold Aztec Ring

 

 

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Gold woven aztec bracelets

Aztec Gold Nose Pieces

Gold and turquoise mosaic aztec disc The Museum of Templo Mayor - Tenochtitlan / Mexico City
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Aztec ornate gold ear spool

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

 

    
Figures
Aztec pre-columbian gold designs depicting a human shape or design
Figure of a Warrior
Central Mexico, Aztec, from Tetzcoco?, 14th century
after 1325 cast gold-silver-copper alloy Overall: 11.2cm x 6.1cm		    
Zoomorphic
Zoomorphic pre-columbian gold designs depicting an animalistic shape or design
Museen der Stadt Nürnberg, Gemälde und Skulpturen Vitzliputzli mirror, silver gilt, pearl and pyrite, ca.1550—1600

Museen der Stadt Nürnberg

Besote de oro y jade

 

 Aztec Gold & Jade ear plug

 

 Monkey Head Gold & Turquoise Aztec Necklace

Besote de oro

 Aztec Snakes Head Ear Plug
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