The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) holds an important collection of Mesoamerican mosaic-encrusted masks and shields, which were accessioned by the museum at two different moments. The chapter tries—by means of a comparative analysis with similar objects held in other collections, as well as on the basis of iconographic, ethnohistoric, and ethnographic data—to reconstruct their original archaeological contexts in order to provide a hypothesis on the symbolism and ritual function of the masks, shields, and associated artifacts.
Davide Domenici (2022). The Gaze of the Ñuhu Bundles. An Interpretation of Mesoamerican Mosaics at the National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
The Gaze of the Ñuhu Bundles. An Interpretation of Mesoamerican Mosaics at the National Museum of the American Indian
Davide Domenici
2022
Abstract
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) holds an important collection of Mesoamerican mosaic-encrusted masks and shields, which were accessioned by the museum at two different moments. The chapter tries—by means of a comparative analysis with similar objects held in other collections, as well as on the basis of iconographic, ethnohistoric, and ethnographic data—to reconstruct their original archaeological contexts in order to provide a hypothesis on the symbolism and ritual function of the masks, shields, and associated artifacts.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
