PRE -COLUMBIAN ANCIENT MEXICO
STATE OF GUERRERO REGION
MEZCALA (BLASAS ) CULTURE
PRECLASSICAL PERIOD (600-200 BC)
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HARDSTONE GREEN SPECKLED DIORITE
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HUMAN HEAD AMULET PENDANT
THIS PRE -COLUMBIAN MEZCALA AMULETIC PENDANT IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE ANCIENT MEZCALA CULTURE’S UNIQUE, EXPRESSIVE, AND POWERFUL ABSTRACT MINIMALIST APPROACH TO SACRED RITUAL OBJECTS.
THE HAND CARVED STONE OF THIS AMULET HAS BEEN GROUND AND POLISHED TO FORM A BASIC HUMAN HEAD FORM, WITH RECOGNIZABLE FASHIONED SUPRAORBITAL RIDGES, NASAL RIDGE, A STRIATION FORMING THE LABIAL FOLDS, AND NICELY GROUND CIRCULAR EYE SOCKETS.
AT THE TOP OF THE HEAD, AND THROUGH THE BACK, A HOLE IS BORED THROUGH FOR ATTACHING A CORD FOR WEAR AS A PENDANT.
MEZCALA ARTIFACTS WERE AS HIGHLY PRIZED BY LATER CULTURES AS THEY ARE BY COLLECTORS TODAY. THE PEOPLE OF TEOTIHUACAN, AND THE AZTECS EXCAVATED MEZCALA OBJECTS, AND REVERED THEM AS SACRED, EVEN PLACING THEM IN THEIR TEMPLES.
PENDANT COMES WITH A MODERN DECORATIVE CORD AND BEAD.
AMULET IS 40 mm IN LENGTH, 33 mm ACROSS, AND 22 mm IN DEPTH
44.3 GRAMS IN WEIGHT
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