General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . est to an in-terest in tone and rhythm. Most notable arethe Aztec two toned drums which give forthvery pleasing notes. A pottery whistling jarin the form of a rain god is one of the out-standing pieces in the Salvador : The chief tools of the ancient Mid-dle Americans were made of stone, bone andwood. Copper tools were only sporadicallyemployed and in late rimes at that. The greatwonder of Middle American civilization isthat with these simple elements and withoutknowledge of the wheel or draft ani
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . est to an in-terest in tone and rhythm. Most notable arethe Aztec two toned drums which give forthvery pleasing notes. A pottery whistling jarin the form of a rain god is one of the out-standing pieces in the Salvador : The chief tools of the ancient Mid-dle Americans were made of stone, bone andwood. Copper tools were only sporadicallyemployed and in late rimes at that. The greatwonder of Middle American civilization isthat with these simple elements and withoutknowledge of the wheel or draft animals,these people were able to achieve an impos-ing culture comparable to the great civili-zations of the Old World, whose technicalbasis was so much more highly developed. THE GOD XIPE, LIFE-SIZE, in terra by the Central Mexicans as the Godof the Flayed, Xipe is shown here wearing a humanskin. When the skin was fresh it was tied on theGod. As it dried it wrinkled, and the wrinklesformed the scales. This practice flourished inCentral Mexico about the year 1200. C146]
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