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The red and black banding motifs that were painted on this conch trumpet (again, using the "pseudo-cloisonné" technique) follow and emphasize the naturally occuring spiral of the shell.
Conch trumpet West Mexico Late Pre-Classic to Early Classic periods (100 B.C.- 300 A.D.) Teuchitlán, State of Jalisco Conch 20.9 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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