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Some of the pre-Hispanic Mexican objects on display at the Musée du Quai Branly (Click on image to enlarge) |
Just to whet your appetite, the permanent collections on display include the singularly rare Huitizilopochtil greenstone figurine that came to the British Museum for the Moctezuma exhibition, wooden teponaztli tongue-drums, a sceptre made from a deer’s antler, a dog sculpture given to President de Gaulle on a visit to Mexico in 1964, a powerful sculpture of a grandfather carrying his grandchild, a mirror made of fool’s gold, a miniature chac mool figure, and a lot more...
We are already adding some of the objects from the museum to our ‘Artefact in the Spotlight’ section. Enjoy!