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  2. Traditional metal working in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The designs of modern Mexican handcrafted jewelry is a mixture of both Spanish and indigenous traditions. Indigenous designs are based on those seen in Mesoamerican codices and artifacts from archeological sites. Most of Mexico's fine jewelry is made in silver, with the most important center being Taxco, Guerrero.

  3. Yalalag cross - Wikipedia

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    A Yalalag cross is a particular style of Christian cross made in Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is a pendant cross with medals on the arms. [1] The cross is made of heavy, dark coin silver. There are many variations on the basic design; all have crosses or medals hanging from the terminals.

  4. Mexican handcrafts and folk art - Wikipedia

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    Wood and fiber crafts for sale at the municipal market in Pátzcuaro. Dolls made of cartonería from the Miss Lupita project.. Mexican handcrafts and folk art is a complex collection of items made with various materials and fashioned for utilitarian, decorative or other purposes, such as wall hangings, vases, toys and items created for celebrations, festivities and religious rites. [1]

  5. Frederick W. Davis - Wikipedia

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    Frederick W. Davis (April 17, 1878 - March 7, 1961) [1] operated an antiquities and folk art shop in Mexico City.Davis was an early collector and dealer in pre-Columbian and Mexican folk art and his shop was a place where Mexican Modern artists who were interested in pre-Columbian and folk art, often met.

  6. Huichol art - Wikipedia

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    Huichol art broadly groups the most traditional and most recent innovations in the folk art and handcrafts produced by the Huichol people, who live in the states of Jalisco, Durango, Zacatecas and Nayarit in Mexico. The unifying factor of the work is the colorful decoration using symbols and designs which date back centuries.

  7. Jade use in Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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    Maya pendant in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Map showing the locations of some of the main jade, obsidian and serpentine sources in Mesoamerica. The archaeological search for the Mesoamerican jade sources, which were largely lost at the time of the Maya collapse, began in 1799 when Alexander von Humboldt started his geological research in the New World.