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“This is a human existence that has been transformed into a work of art... The idea that this skull mask could be attached to the body, looking behind you as you move forward as a priest or a warrior.” Sculptor Antony Gormley describes this 550-year-old “power object... that talks about the overcoming of death.”: a human skull decorated in a mosaic of dazzling turquoise, black lignite, and red oyster shell - precious materials paid in tribute by the territories of the Aztec Empire to its powerfu