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Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:49:22 +0100

MIXTEC JEWELERY

According to the chronicles, from Oaxaca came all the
gold that circulated among Mesoamerican elites,
this was obtained from the sands of the rivers that
they dragged the ore forming the pleasures of the
Chinanta, Sosola and Tututepec. The techniques used
were both in cold and by heating through
of the hammered, cut, repujado, alloy,
welding, inlaying, veneering, gilding and casting.
In 800 AD. the Mixtec goldsmith tradition arises, the most
important from Mesoamerica; they were the goldsmiths
par excellence and spread his art working the gold,
silver, copper and bronze. In the foundry they showed
great mastery of the lost wax technique, and
made with this hollow objects. The "false watermark",
technique with a high degree of refinement, characterized
their designs.

The images depicted in the pieces correspond to deities or deified beings. The gold
and silver were metals that enclosed in themselves
the presence of the sun, the Ndikandii, Lord 1 Death and
the Moon, Mrs. 4 Pedernal. With these they elaborated
beautiful pieces to represent deities like god
of the goldsmiths, the Nukuii Lord 7 Rain and animals
sacred related to the same.

The archaeological excavations carried out in
Oaxaca have rescued several pieces from sites such as
Monte Albán, Yucuita, Teotiltlán del Camino and
New World. Highlights the find from Tomb 7 of
Monte Albán where 121 objects were recovered from
gold and silver.