. Guide leaflet. Copper was occasionally used for orna-ment, as is attested by this large bellsculptured in repousse. The negroidfeatures suggest a point of origin insoutheastern Mexico Fhe little baby-faced fig-ire to the left resembleshe jade figure on page statuette is of serpen-Line, and the techniqueof carving suggests an imi-tation of the effects ob-tainable in the harder greenstone, jade 79 This ornament (after Sa-ville, 1920) is an exquisiteexample of Mixtec jewelryin the National Museumof Mexico. It imitates afeather-mosaic shield andthe background of thedesign is turquoise inl
. Guide leaflet. Copper was occasionally used for orna-ment, as is attested by this large bellsculptured in repousse. The negroidfeatures suggest a point of origin insoutheastern Mexico Fhe little baby-faced fig-ire to the left resembleshe jade figure on page statuette is of serpen-Line, and the techniqueof carving suggests an imi-tation of the effects ob-tainable in the harder greenstone, jade 79 This ornament (after Sa-ville, 1920) is an exquisiteexample of Mixtec jewelryin the National Museumof Mexico. It imitates afeather-mosaic shield andthe background of thedesign is turquoise inlay. The gold ornaments in the photograph aboveand at the lower right illustrate the barbaricjewels of Panama and Costa Rica. However, astrong sense of design gives to the four massivebrooches a highlv decorative effect. The groupof five little animals (right, above) is more natu-ralistic in treatment, although a bird-headediiionkey is a beast met more commonly inmvtholocv than in a zoo
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