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Shell Necklace
Necklace made of mother of pearl shell, green stone
and gold. It is composed of more than 200 pieces, alternating and representing
serpent heads, serpent rattles, frogs, shells and fish, all of them made
of mother of pearl shell. Some pieces of green stone representing frogs,
human heads, beads and tubular pieces, together with 19 small gold spheres
also form part of the necklace. It was found surrounding a figure of Tlaloc,
which explains its aquatic symbolism: from the raw materials--shell, green
stone (which symbolizes water) to the figures represented and their association
with a figure of the rain god.
Last Modified: January 14, 1998.
Museo del Templo Mayor, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e História,
México.
Seminario #8, Centro Histórico. Cuauhtémoc,
México, D.F. 06060
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1997
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