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An Aztec (Mexica) shield of wood covered in turquoise and shell mosaic. Likely used only as a ceremonial shield. The design shows solar disks and a long, winding snake crisscrossing the shield horizontally. The shield was dedicated to the rain god Tlaloc and buried beneath the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, Mexico, 1400-1521.

The British Museum, London.

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Museum, T. B. (2022, July 29). Aztec Turquoise Shield. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16217/aztec-turquoise-shield/

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Museum, The British. "Aztec Turquoise Shield." World History Encyclopedia, July 29, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16217/aztec-turquoise-shield/.

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Museum, The British. "Aztec Turquoise Shield." World History Encyclopedia, 29 Jul 2022, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16217/aztec-turquoise-shield/.

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