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Carved Tube

c. 1200–1519
bone
Diameter: 2.6 cm (1 in.); Overall: 15.1 cm (5 15/16 in.)
Gift of John Wise 1949.196
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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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

c. 1200–1519

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

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