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Turkish mosaic

historical file card: "Wooden vessel in the shape of a puma's head, covered with turquoise mosaic. Lip mouth gum of red tapachtli, teeth natural carnivore's teeth" 1767 transferred together with IV Ca 7159 from the Kunstkammer of the Dukes of Braunschweig-Bevern in Bevern Castle to the Herzogliches Museum Braunschweig. Exchanged for the Berlin Museum in 1885. "perhaps both mosaics originate from Italy?" (among others, see Lit., Uhle Veröffl. d. MfV (1889) This object is considered a war loss.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Azteken
Object type
Wooden vessel as a jaguar head
Material/Technique
Wood, Turquoise, Tooth (carnivore)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 7159

Provenance and sources

when
Postclassical
where
Mexico
Central highlands
who
Azteken

who
Herzogliches Museum zu Braunschweig - Former Possessors

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