chapter 20 Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas

Ritual Mask this is Mixtec artist living in Tenochtitlan and its a probability not sure of the artist. artist also made gold and silver objects for the Aztecs who the admire there work. this work follows the feature on the women's face and the pearls shell serves for teeth and eyes. such as the mask they would be worn in many ceremonies of song and dance that were central to Aztec life. many of the mask have a long history Mesoamerica. like the mask Pendent deposing a Ruler. the fashioned gold and copper like the mask had on the designed, alloy be the Americas undoing gold fashioned there was a boundary the knowledge of extracting and waring gold this was layers of copper not just clay pendants were precious medals for them and the under cultures such as the Olmec and the Maya had prefer jade. the medals and others objects precious metals spread from Central America since the pendant was solid gold and not in place for ceremonies. yet this might be people who live in south America might have clear ideas or the objects that represent there place.