General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . this min-eral. Obsidian or volcanic glass, commonlyused for tools, was wrought into mirrorsand ornaments with the simplest crystal, amethyst, moonstone, opal,jasper, and porphry were other stones valuedand worked as ornaments by these people. Pottery: The commonest product re-covered by archaeology is pottery, and thehalls are full of vessels recovered from gravesand ceremonial deposits. These vessels werenot made on a wheel, and building up thepots with strips of clay brings about a squatappearanc
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . this min-eral. Obsidian or volcanic glass, commonlyused for tools, was wrought into mirrorsand ornaments with the simplest crystal, amethyst, moonstone, opal,jasper, and porphry were other stones valuedand worked as ornaments by these people. Pottery: The commonest product re-covered by archaeology is pottery, and thehalls are full of vessels recovered from gravesand ceremonial deposits. These vessels werenot made on a wheel, and building up thepots with strips of clay brings about a squatappearance to our eyes. However, the varietyof shape and design shows how each tribeor community had its own styles. Notabletechniques are the vitreous ware from Salva-dor and the plaster cloissonne from also the common use of lost-color or MOCIUTLXOCHITL, THE GOD OF GAMESAND FLOWERS. A fine example of Mexicanterra cotta pottery dating from about 1400 A. D. BOY AND DOG (Below). This little pair of clay figures from Colima, Mexico, shows the vitality of western Mexican art. batik decoration in Jalisco and Costa of huge size were sometimes made,like the Toltcc vessels from the earliest forms from the early cul-tures of the Valley of .Mexico reveal a de-velopment of technique and stvle that indi-cates long years of experimentation. Few-regions in the world can show such a wealthof form and ornament as Middle : The textile art was important inMiddle America but time and weather havedestroyed almost all of it. However, hintsare given by the ancient picture writingsand the use of textile designs on art is old and cotton has been recoveredfrom the earliest levels in the Valley ofMexico. Examination of the designs on thePuebla pottery, on the West Mexican fig-urines, and on the dress of the figures on theMaya stelae will show how skilled thesepeople were. In various cases the clay weightsfor spindles are exhibited, many of wh
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