Mixtec art is essentially pictorial, a graphic art, decorative in spirit, with a strong emphasis on precious craftsmanship. No one in their time surpassed the technology of the Mixtecs in the applied arts. They were masters in metallurgy, in lapidary work, in the making of fine decorative ceramics, in fine carving in wood and bone, and in the making of pictorial manuscripts. It is greatly to be regretted that such perishable examples of art as textiles, shown in sculptures and paintings, were not preserved, and that of wood-carving and the fine art of feather mosaic only a few examples remain, mostly in European museums.
—Miguel Covarrubias, Indian art of Mexico and Central America
via https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/writing/mixtec-designs