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Turtle-Shell Ornaments
Not on view
This necklace is composed of rows of cast-gold turtle shells, filigree volutes, and clapperless gold bells, or tinklers. When worn, the bells would have created a dynamic moving, shining, and sonorous fringe that is characteristic of Aztec and Mixtec designs in gold.
Este collar está compuesto de filas de caparazón de tortuga en oro fundido, volutas de filigrana, y cascabeles sin badajos. Cuando este collar era usado, los cascabeles creaban una franja dinámica que se movía, brillaba y sonaba, una característica de los diseños de oro de los aztecas y de los mixtecas.
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