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For #PalacesAndGardens #SpringConcert. The historic organ in Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán, in Oaxaca, Mexico (2011). The organ was built in 1705. #Mexico #Oaxaca #church #photography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #ECK #nativeamerica #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi
May 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
emmanuel-posselt24.bsky.social
My first tweet.... sorry, sorry... my first bluesky... a maguey during the sunset in the #mixteca #ÑuuSavi Region, #Oaxaca...
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Small. This small pendant from the Mixtecs of ancient Mexico shows the skill of the ancient goldsmiths centuries before the Spaniards arrived (2011). #photography #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #Oaxaca #Mexico #nativeart #archaeology #AncientBlueSky #Mixtec #gold #EastCoastKin
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
More for #PalacesAndGardens #FacesEverywhere. This pendant made by the Mixtecs of ancient Mexico shows the skill of the ancient goldsmiths before the Spaniards arrived (2011). #photography #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #Oaxaca #Mexico #nativeart #archaeology #AncientBlueSky #Mixtec #gold #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK
June 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
For #MountainMonday, a shot of the rugged highlands of La Mixteca region in Oaxaca, Mexico (2011). #landscape #Mexico #Oaxaca #photography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #nativeamerica #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi
March 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
For #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden. This pectoral created by the Mixtecs of ancient Mexico shows the skill of the ancient goldsmiths centuries before the Spaniards arrived (2011). #photography #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #Oaxaca #Mexico #nativeart #archaeology #AncientBlueSky #Mixtec #gold #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK
This photo shows a famous pre-Columbian artifact known as the Mixtec Gold Pectoral of Mictlantecuhtli. It is an incredibly detailed chest ornament (pectoral) crafted from pure gold. It dates back to the Late Postclassic period (c. 1300–1450 CE) and was discovered in 1932 by archaeologist Alfonso Caso inside Tomb 7 at Monte Albán, located in Oaxaca, Mexico.
September 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
From the fortress-monastery of Santo Domingo at Yanhuitlán in Oaxaca's La Mixteca region, Mexico (2011). Built in the 1550s, and still breathtaking. #stunday #photography #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #Oaxaca #Mexico
April 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
woxie101.bsky.social
Viko - my Mixtec for "cloud"!

#mixtec #myart #nuusavi
A stylized drawing of a cloud in the style of a mixtec codex with elements of mountain glyph
November 22, 2024 at 3:14 AM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
More for #PalacesAndGardens #FacesEverywhere. Detail from the altar of the Ex-convento de Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán, in Oaxaca, Mexico (2011). The great church was built 1550-1580. #Mexico #Oaxaca #church #photography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK #nativeamerica #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi
June 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
For #Arches day for the #BlueSkyArtShow. The fortress-monastery of Santo Domingo at Yanhuitlán in Oaxaca's La Mixteca region, Mexico (2011). Built in the 1550s to evangelize the community and defend it. The massive buttress supports the vaulted ceiling. #photography #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #Oaxaca #Mexico
March 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
maskflowerprince.bsky.social
For #PalacesAndGardens #PalaceTops. 16th-century gothic ceiling decoration of the monastery of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca in Oaxaca, Mexico (2011). #Mexico #Oaxaca #nativeamerica #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #travel #photography #architecture #history #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK
The photo shows a rare barrel vaulted ceiling, with intricate stonework ribbing centered around a circular hub. Traces of the original painting remain. Constructed by Dominican monks starting after 1550, the church showcases a unique blend of European Gothic architecture and local Mixtec stonemason artistry. The ceiling decoration is recognized for its detailed tracery and historical significance.
August 6, 2026 at 12:28 PM
borzelliphoto.bsky.social
#Retratos - #CelerinaSánchez #Poeta #Ñuusavi #Tuunsavi #Mixteca #sanildefonsomx #MundosPosibles #EscritorasMexicanas #PoetasMexicanas #BorzelliPhotography #BorzelliPhotoBW #FotografíaBlancoYNegro #poesíamexicana #LenguasIndígenas #LenguasOriginarias #Oaxaca #CátedraOctavioPaz #UNAM #MaríaBaranda
November 15, 2024 at 1:47 AM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Bat head carving
jade
c. 1300-1521 CE
Ñuu Savi culture (aka Mixtec)
Mexico

#handmade #carved #jade #jadeite #bathead #death #transformation #agriculture #rebirth #nuusavi #mixtec #mesoamerican #mexico #ancientculture #ancientart #art #prehispanic #precolumbian #arthistory #culture #religion #bats
In Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) and surrounding Mesoamerican cultures like the Zapotec, bat heads symbolize night, death, sacrifice, and the underworld. They are associated with caves—seen as portals to the spirit realm—and act as guardians, representing a connection to ancestors, agricultural protection by eating pests, and transformation. The Mixtec people are one of the oldest and most culturally rich Indigenous groups in southern Mexico. They call themselves Ñuu Savi, meaning People of the Rain in their language, reflecting their spiritual bond with nature and the weather that sustains their crops. Their homeland, known as the Mixteca region, stretches across the highlands of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Guerrero, with misty mountains, fertile valleys, and sacred mountain peaks that shape their identity. The Mixtec are remarkable artisans and storytellers. They create intricate gold jewelry, turquoise mosaics, and beautifully illustrated codices that record their myths and dynasties. Their ancient deerskin manuscripts preserve one of the most complete Indigenous histories in the Americas. Their artistry and craftsmanship were so advanced that Mixtec goldsmiths were highly sought after by other Mesoamerican kingdoms. Even after the Spanish conquest, the Mixtec held on to much of their identity. Their villages remain centers of weaving, pottery, and farming, and their language is still spoken by hundreds of thousands today. The Mixtec story, like the Zapotecs, is one of endurance. They’ve carried their traditions through centuries of change, keeping their rain-soaked mountains and ancestral ways alive in modern Mexico.
March 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Feathered Serpent ornament
hammered gold
c. 1325-1500 CE
Mexica (Aztec) or Mixtec Ñuu Savi) artists
Mexico

#handmade #gold #ornament #featheredserpent #quetzalcoatl #aztec #mexica #mixtec #ÑuuSavi #artists #art #artwork #precolumbian #prehispanic #religion #belief #metalworking #repoussage #culture
Ancient artists molded this precious metal through a repoussé technique, hammering thin sheets of gold from the back to create delicate, undulating designs that catch and reflect light from multiple angles. The ornament bears a single perforation near the top, suggesting that it was meant to be attached to a surface in some way, perhaps sewn onto clothing, nailed into wood, or hung on a human body or effigy as part of ritual regalia. L-shaped, with the head of a serpent facing outwards at the end of the lower horizontal line. The serpent’s mouth opens to reveal sharp teeth, and a fan of feathers arcs up above its eyes and snout and out to either side. Turning at a sharp 90-degree angle, the body of the serpent rises vertically, marked with geometric shapes including circles, horizontal bars, and delicate volutes curling in multiple directions. A single large circle graces the tip of the creature’s tail, with feather panaches extending to either side. Small volutes curl at even distances below the serpent’s body, suggesting that it moves through water or clouds. Metallurgy (both repoussé and lost wax techniques) had flourished in West Mexico for centuries prior to the creation of these ornaments. Their style, however, does not represent work typically created in this region; instead, the iconography aligns closely with that created by Mixtec artists, while similarly perforated gold sheet ornaments have been found in Mexica (Aztec) contexts, including the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan. These incongruencies speak to their likely role as trade objects in the Postclassic Period. Long-established and closely overseen trade routes would have ferried gold dust from various parts of Mesoamerica to the heart of the Mexica empire, where artists would have created gold ornaments that would then be redistributed, sold, and traded throughout the region.
June 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
mexiqueancien.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy
Aquí les compartí esta reflexión de Edith Herrera, mujer #ñuusavi, sobre el #neoindigenismo y la recuperación del pasado de los pueblos nativos de #México por la élite política de este país […]
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July 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM