For aurora_novarum, who requested Sam and Daniel, and also happened to request one of my all-time favourite rooms in the museum, the Mexican gallery (room 27). It's full of Mayan, Aztec etc stuff. I went there when I was a kid, and it made a huge impression on me. It's beautiful, but very sinister at the same time. My favourites are all the turquoise mosaic things, but what inspired this ficlet was a frankly terrifying ceremonial jade perforator.

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