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Pectoral

Huastec style/Mexica

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Although the openwork shell pectoral resembles Huastec pectorals, its low-relief carving style and discovery near the Templo Mayor similarly suggest Mexica artists created it, deliberately emulating the Huastec style and iconography. Such works signal the Mexica reverence for greenstone and for antiquities from illustrious civilizations of the past.




Si bien el pectoral se asemeja a los pectorales huastecas, el tallado en bajo relieve y el hecho que haya sido descubierto cerca del Templo Mayor sugieren que fueron artistas mexicas quienes lo crearon, imitando deliberadamente el estilo y la iconografía huasteca. Estos objetos recalcan la veneración que tenían los mexicas por el jade y por los objetos antiguos que pertenecían a civilizaciones pasadas ilustres.

Pectoral, Shell (Turbinella angulata), Huastec style/Mexica

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