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Wooden panel with mosaic

Round wooden panel with mosaic remnants in white and greenish stones. The round panel is divided into several circular ring-shaped zones, which have lost the mosaic except for the centre of the panel. Here, 3 white and one enclosed green ring frame a circle of whitish stones inlaid with a star ornament of 7 larger green stones. For the provenance, see IV Ca 46935, Mixteca-Puebla style: it can be assumed that this shield was completely covered with a mosaic consisting of several concentric circles. Such turquoise shields were used as wall decorations in cave niches (cf. IV Ca 46947). (V. König, 2003)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Mixteken
Object type
Wooden panel with mosaic
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 31 x 30 x 2 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 46939

Provenance and sources

when
Postclassical 15th century - 16th century
where
Mexico
Central highlands [Region]
Tehuacan [Ort]
who
Mixteken

who
Emile Deletaille - Former Possessors

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