The museum located in the Santo Domingo complex is Oaxaca's largest and the recent renovations and additions have left the place in absolutely spectacular condition. In fact, not only the museum is at its peak, but also the church and the botanical gardens. To do it right, one really needs to take a few days to drink it all in. I have been to the museum many times and always find myself taking the same shots which demand to be taken. I also always see something new, like this statue of Santa Lucia. 
Look at what she is holding in her left hand.
The Christian tradition states that when the guards came to take her away they found her so filled with the Holy Spirit that she was as stiff and heavy as a mountain; they could not move her even when they hitched her to a team of oxen. Even after implanting a dagger through her throat she prophesied against her persecutor. As a final torture, her eyes were gouged out. She was miraculously still able to see without her eyes. In paintings St. Lucy is frequently shown holding her eyes on a golden plate.The whole story can be found here.
Here is the iconic piece from Tomb 7 at Monte Alban.
Copies of it can be found in many of the jewelry stores.
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