. Guide leaflet. I&# S3 BF^ ^^H^^^l i^U]^^^^ H^~-^ ^H^ ^^^^^^H The three Httle ornaments above(after Saville, 1920) came fromOaxaca, and show the extraor-dinary skill of the Mixtec gold-workers in their reproduction ofa harpy eagle, a monkey, and ahorned owl. Note especiallythe treatment of the owls feath-ers. It is a tragedy that so muchof this lovely ornament found itsway to the Spanish melting pot :^ \>K % C*i| «:., m-W b4: U:, Kf. sim>i- •.r^Vf*Aii*liis± 82 Ll//; MlSEUM GLIDE LEAFLET down and worked either hy hammerin;]:or eastinii. This hitter metliod is extreme-ly inii-enioii

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. Guide leaflet. I&# S3 BF^ ^^H^^^l i^U]^^^^ H^~-^ ^H^ ^^^^^^H The three Httle ornaments above(after Saville, 1920) came fromOaxaca, and show the extraor-dinary skill of the Mixtec gold-workers in their reproduction ofa harpy eagle, a monkey, and ahorned owl. Note especiallythe treatment of the owls feath-ers. It is a tragedy that so muchof this lovely ornament found itsway to the Spanish melting pot :^ \>K % C*i| «:., m-W b4: U:, Kf. sim>i- •.r^Vf*Aii*liis± 82 Ll//; MlSEUM GLIDE LEAFLET down and worked either hy hammerin;]:or eastinii. This hitter metliod is extreme-ly inii-enioiis. since it is like the Europeancire-pcrdue process. The pattern to hecast was en<:ra\ed on .specially treatedcday over which was spread a layer of wa\-c(t\ered ])attern was then coatedwith more clay lhrou_ii-h Avhich a wax-iilledaperture was made. The mold was thenhaked, during- which process the waxmelted and ran out. The molten metal was])oured into the resultant cavity, and whent

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