Carved Tube

c. 1200–1519
Diameter: 2.6 cm (1 in.); Overall: 15.1 cm (5 15/16 in.)
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Carved in spiral registers, the ornamentation on this bone tube resembles Mixtec painting, both in codices (screenfold books) and architectural murals.
Carved Tube

Carved Tube

c. 1200–1519

Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec, 13th-16th century

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