File:British Museum Aztec or Mixtec Tezcatlipoca mask.jpg
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English: Mask of Tezcatlipoca fashioned from a human skull overlaid with turquoise and lignite mosaic work. Iron pyrite eyes on conch shell background. Nasal cavity lined with red spondylus shell. Aztec or Mixtec from the 15th or 16th century AD.
Español: Máscara de Tezcatlipoca hecha de una calavera humana cubierta de mosaico de turquesa y lignito. Los ojos son de pirita sobre un fondo de concha. La fosa nasal está forrado con concha roja del especie spondylus. Azteca o mixteca del siglo 15 o 16 d.C. |
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| Date | 21 February 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Simon Burchell (Own work) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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