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Noise whistle. Height 5.5 cm. Grey body, red painting on the tubular mouthpiece, polished. Late Postclassic (ca. 1350-5121 AD). Origin High Valley of Mexico. Uhde Collection. Noise pipes of the same type were found in sacrificial depots dedicated to Quetzalcoatl in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. The instruments were also built into the end of the handles of Aztec incense burners, which symbolise Xiuhcoatl ("fire snake"). The wind noise that can be produced on them was possibly associated with the cold obsidian knife winds of the underworld. In addition to skulls (mictlantecuhtli?), these instruments also depict owls, nocturnal animals associated with the underworld. (Adje Both, 2004)
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Snake
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Chalchiuhtlicue, "the one with the gemstone skirt", goddess of rivers and lakes
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Snake
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Three clay objects: left: Mother with child, centre: clay head, right: clay figure.
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Stone bead
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Centzontotochtin
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View of a squatting, richly decorated figure of the wind god Quetzalcoatl in connection with emblems of the rain god Tlaloc. Material: tezontli. Height 39 cm (B.T.) (back view)
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Quetzalcoatl-Ehecatl mask
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Stone arm
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"View of a very peculiar stone figure (light grey Tezontli)."...
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