Mexico ( Room 27)
About 2000 BC – 16th century AD
Distinctive regional cultures flourished in Mexico from
prehistoric times, until its contact with Europe during the
sixteenth century. Early Mexican civilization is explored in Room
27, along with the Classic Veracruz and Huaxtec cultures and the
Maya city states of the first millennium AD.
The display includes stunning objects, including highly-prized
turquoise mosaic, dating from the Mixtec-Aztec culture of AD
1400–1521, and stone sculptures of Huaxtec female deities from AD
900-1450.
Image captions (clockwise from top
left):
Yaxchilan lintel 24
AD 600-900
Stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl AD
900-1521
Gold pendant depicting a ruler AD
900-1521
Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl
15th-16th century AD