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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 godTlaloc and buried beneath the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan. 1400-1521, Mexico. (British Museum, London)
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