This 500-year-old wooden mask once represented the Aztec god of death and the underworld

Carved from wood more than five centuries ago, a small skull faced mask held today at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore ...
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Mask of Mictlantecuhtli: 500-year-old mask of Aztec god of the underworld, who tore apart the dead

This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god of death and lord of the underworld, who was always depicted with a skull ...