Description

Mexico 17th Century Handcrafted Fluorite Skull Mask 1.5 Kg – Maya Empire – Archaeological Find

Unique Museal Artifact
Exceptional Sale – Archaeological Find
Fluorite Skull Mask
(High dignitary death worshiping mask)

✓ Mexico: Aztec/Mayan Oaxaca ruins find
✓ Estimated 17th Century
✓ Size: 190 mm x 130 x 70 mm
✓ Weight: 1,457 Kg !

Carved from Fluorite mineral blocks from the nowadays called San Jose mine in Oaxaca

Info on Fluorite

Fluorite comes in a wide range of colors and has consequently been dubbed ‘the most colorful mineral in the world’. Every color of the rainbow in various shades are represented by fluorite samples. The color of the fluorite is determined by factors including impurities, exposure to radiation and the absence or voids of the color centers.

Extremely well preserved collector’s item (more than 400 years old). Comes with Certification from the USA New York Gallery.