Rare Mixtec turquoise-mosaic skull repatriated to Mexico

Filed by Elara Myst

A rare pre-Hispanic human skull decorated with a turquoise mosaic is now under the protection of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), a year after its repatriation from the Netherlands.The skull, believed to be associated with the Mixtec cultural tradition, had spent around six decades at the Wereldmuseum in Leiden before being returned to Mexico.Since its arrival, INAH specialists have formally registered and inventoried the artefact and produced its first three