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One of many surviving examples of Teotihuacan masks. This example was taken to Tenochtitlan by the Aztecs and buried within the Templo Mayor. They were originally used for statues and mummy bundles. Greenstone, shell, and onyx, 350-600 CE. (National Anthropological Museum, Mexico City)
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Jarvis, D. (2015, February 13). Greenstone Mask, Teotihuacan. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3636/greenstone-mask-teotihuacan/
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Jarvis, Dennis. "Greenstone Mask, Teotihuacan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 13, 2015. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3636/greenstone-mask-teotihuacan/.
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