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Kristina Killgrove

Mask of Mictlantecuhtli: A 500-year-old mask of the Aztec god of the underworld, who tore apart the dead as they entered his realm

A painted wood mask of Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec lord of the underworld. (Image credit: The Walters Art Museum / Gift of John Bourne, 2009 (CC0))

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