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  2. Molcajete - Wikipedia

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    Molcajete used to grind spices Molcajete as a food container. Molcajetes are used to crush and grind spices, and to prepare salsas and guacamole.The rough surface of the basalt stone creates a superb grinding surface that maintains itself over time as tiny bubbles in the basalt are ground down, replenishing the textured surface.

  3. Mezcala culture - Wikipedia

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    The Mezcala cultural region has been heavily looted by the local population, as these items have proven desirable on the art market. [4] In terms of archaeological resources, the present-day state of Guerrero has not seen extensive professional excavations; prehistoric cultures found there are among the least understood in Mexico. [1]

  4. Huichol art - Wikipedia

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    The Huichol have a long history of beading, making the beads from clay, shells, corals, seeds and more and using them to make jewelry and to decorate bowls and other items. The "modern" beadwork usually consists of masks and wood sculptures covered in small, brightly colored commercial beads fastened with wax and resin.

  5. Mexican mask-folk art - Wikipedia

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    Mexican mask-folk art refers to the making and use of masks for various traditional dances and ceremony in Mexico. Evidence of mask making in the region extends for thousands of years and was a well-established part of ritual life in the pre-Hispanic territories that are now Mexico well before the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire occurred.

  6. Gina Beavers - Wikipedia

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    Gina Beavers, Applebees!, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16" x 3", 2012. Gina Beavers (born 1974) is an American artist based in the New York area. [1] She first gained attention in the early 2010s for thickly painted, relief-like acrylic images of food, cosmetics techniques and bodybuilders appropriated from Instagram snapshots and selfies found using hashtags such as #foodporn, #sixpack and # ...

  7. OnlyOnAOL: The secret to Rebecca Romijn's killer body

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    Plus, that was her sporting full body paint on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2006 – a process that took her 12 hours. "I happen to know a lot about the subject. This feels organic and I ...

  8. Mexican ceramics - Wikipedia

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    When the pot is dry, it is rubbed with a stone or other hard object to make it shine. This can take days. Pots are fired on the open ground using wood and manure for fuel. Paints are made with mineral pigments collected locally. The pigments are ground into a powder using a metate grinding stone, then mixed with clay to make a milky fluid paint ...

  9. Handcrafts of Guerrero - Wikipedia

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    The handcrafts of Guerrero include a number of products which are mostly made by the indigenous communities of the Mexican state of Guerrero. Some, like pottery and basketry , have existed relatively intact since the pre Hispanic period, while others have gone through significant changes in technique and design since the colonial period.