Skull made of Lapis lazuli

This skull is made of Lapis lazuli. In many different cultures this precious stone was compared to the divine power because of it’s colour: blue. For the Egyptians this stone was a holy stone, his colour meant divine descent. The Aztecs worshiped the blue god of the sky named Tezcatlipoca or Huitzilopochtli. Indios discovered this skull in 1995 in Northern Peru. It shall be from Incan times. The natives thought, that it would bring them luck if they give the skull to Joky van Dieten. Since 1996 it is a part of her collection.