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   Archaeo-Histories (archaeohistories@ohai.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 06:13:56 JST Archaeo-Histories

   Aztec beads (1400-1521 AD), found in southern Mexico 🇲🇽

   These were cast individually by the lost-wax process, each with its own separate clay mold which was then broken to release the object. Associated to the sustenance provided by water and rain, frogs were also a potent fertility symbol, since they lay thousands of eggs and assume a squatting position similar to that of women in childbirth.

   (H: 20cm)

   MET Museum

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