| Object Name: | Gold pectoral representing Mictlantecuhtli from Tomb # 7 |
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| Creation Date: | 1200-1500 AD | |
| Culture: | Mixtec | |
| Site: | Monte Alban | |
| Material: | gold | |
| Repository: | Museo Regional, Oaxaca | |
| Image source: | © Dr. Manuel Aguilar | |
| The most spectacular object found in Tomb 7 is the large pectoral of a skeletal deity, the god of Death Mictlantecuhtli, worked in a lost-wax method. Below the skeletal deity's head are signs in the Mixtec calendrical system. Both filigree and lost-wax techniques were mastered by these Oaxacan craftsmen. | ||
