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Figurines depicting nahual, fertility, ballgame... (Click on image to enlarge) |
Nosing around is fun (and free!), and if you’re on the look-out for items from Mexico, you won’t be disappointed. We spotted, on a quick scout-around:-
• A large display of Mexican and Guatemalan folk masks
• A human-size stone Huastec fertility statue
• A small pottery ballgame figurine
• A small pottery woman-carrying-her-’nahual’ (animal companion spirit)-figurine
• Lots of small Aztec and other pre-Hispanic figurines
• A miniature metate grinding stone
• A Zapotec funerary urn
• A man’s leather ranchero costume dating from at least 1856
• A fascinating range of miniature implements used in ancient Mexican gambling games - including several ‘patole sticks’...
Photos by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore, with help from Randy Vaughn-Dotta.
This article was uploaded to the Mexicolore website on Jun 05th 2016