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Image:  5868b

File date:  2001-11-05

Caption:  Aztec/Mixtec Drum

Description:  Aztec/Mixtec. clay, stucco paint. Drum in the form of a skull with whistle in mouth. The reverse has an image of Mictlantecuhtli painted in red. Hansjörg Schwarz points out that the painting on the drum could be modern.



Photograph by Justin Kerr