Aztec Turquoise Shield

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by The British Museum
published on 29 July 2022
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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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