~ Pair of Earrings.
Culture: Mixtec
Period: Postclassic
Date: A.D. 900-1520
Medium: Gold, turquoise
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~ Pair of Earrings.
Culture: Mixtec
Period: Postclassic
Date: A.D. 900-1520
Medium: Gold, turquoise
~Hummingbird Cup.
Culture: Mixtec
Period: Postclassic
Place of origin: Zaachila, Zimatlán valley, Monte Albán
Date: A.D. 1225
~ Finger ring with feline head in relief flanked by two snakes.
Culture: Mixtec
Date: ca. 1200-1521
Place of origin: Mexico
Medium: Gold alloy
~ Vessel in the Shape of an Eagle.
Place of origin: Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala, or Oaxaca, Nahua or Mixtec
Period: Late Postclassic Period
Date: 1250–1521
Medium: Ceramic with pigment.
~ Head fragment.
Date: A.D. 1200
Culture: Mixtec
Place of origin: Oaxaca, Mexico
Medium: Earthenware
~ Wooden mask.
Culture: Mixtec or Aztec
Period: Postclassic period
Date: A.D. 1100–1521
Place of origin: Central or Southern Highlands, Mexico
Medium: Wood with turquoise, black stone, shell, and mother of pearl.
~ Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl.
Date: 1400-1521
Place of origin: Mexico
Period/culture: Aztec, Mixtec
Medium: Cedrela wood, turquoise, conch shell, gold, beeswax, pine resin.
~Skull with Mosaic Inlay. Place of origin: Mexico, Oaxaca or Puebla Culture: Mixtec or Zapotec Date: 1400-1521 Medium: Human skull with inlaid turquoise, jadeite, and spondylus shell.
~ Head of the rain god. Culture: Mixtec Date: 1300–1521 Medium: Ceramic, tufa, stucco, and paint.
~ Pectoral maskette. Culture: Mixtec Date: A.D. 1350–1521 Medium: Gold
~ Skull effigy vessel. Culture: Mixtec Date: A.D. 1000-1250 Medium: Ceramic
~ Polychrome Standing Figure with Raised Hand. Culture: Mixtec Date: A.D. 1200-1500 Period: Late Post-Classic Place of origin: Mexico Medium: Ceramic buffware with polychrome
~ Rain God Mask. Date: A.D. 13th–14th century Geography: Mexico, Mesoamerica Culture: Mixtec Medium: Serpentine
~ Polychrome Shell Effigy. Culture: Mixtec Date: A.D. 1200-1500 Period: Late Post-Classic Place of origin: Mexico Medium: Ceramic buffware with polychrome.
~ Conch shell trumpet. Culture: Aztec or Mixtec Period: Late Postclassic period Date: A.D. 1425–1520 Place of origin: Central or Southern Highlands, Mexico
~ Spider monkey effigy vessel. Period: Early Post-Classic Date: A.D. 900-1200 Culture: Mixtec Place of origin: Veracruz, Gulf Coast, México Medium: onyx (tecali)
~ Knife with a mosaic handle and a chalcedony blade. Date: 1400-1521 Place of origin: Mexico Culture: Aztec; Mixtec Medium: malachite; flint; cedrela wood; turquoise; conch shell; oyster shell; maguey fibre; resin; fibre; wood.