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  2. Chīmalli - Wikipedia

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    Ceremonial shield (māhuizzoh chimalli) with mosaic decoration. Aztec or Mixtec, AD 1400–1521. In the British Museum. The Chīmalli or Aztec shield (Nahuatl pronunciation: [t͡ʃiːˈmalːi] ⓘ; "shield") was the traditional defensive armament of the indigenous states of Mesoamerica. These shields varied in design and purpose.

  3. Xicalcoliuhqui - Wikipedia

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    A miniature xicalcoliuhqui chimalli, or step-fret shield from Yanhuitlan, Oaxaca. This page from the Matrícula de tributos shows the xicalcoliuhqui motif in three places, on the xicalcoliuhqui chimalli, the shield to the right of the jaguar-warrior costume, as well as on the two bundles on the left side of the page.

  4. Guerrero Chimalli - Wikipedia

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    The sculpture of Guerrero Chimalli is a 50 meters (160 ft) tall red Aztec warrior that holds a Chīmalli and a mace. It was created by Enrique "Sebastián" Carbajal. The sculpture itself weighs around 600 metric tons (590 long tons; 660 short tons), but the concrete plinth (which is 10 m [33 ft] high) and the 65 piles that support them increase ...

  5. 500-year-old mural linked to Aztec god found under layers of ...

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    Inside, the 3-foot-wide mural, found on three chapel walls, contained a plume of feathers, an ax, a wand with flowers and a chimalli — a pre-Hispanic shield symbol, archaeologists said.

  6. File:Shield Aztec or Mixtec (Chimalli).jpg - Wikipedia

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  7. Aztec warfare - Wikipedia

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    Gold-silver-copper alloy figure of an Aztec warrior, who holds a dartthrower, darts, and a shield. Aztec warfare concerns the aspects associated with the military conventions, forces, weaponry and strategic expansions conducted by the Late Postclassic Aztec civilizations of Mesoamerica, including particularly the military history of the Aztec Triple Alliance involving the city-states of ...

  8. Tlacochcalcatl - Wikipedia

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    He is brandishing a shield (chimalli) and a lance (tepoztopilli), he wears a skull helmet, dyed cotton armour and has a banner (pamitl) on his back. Tlacochcalcatl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [t͡ɬakotʃˈkaɬkat͡ɬ] "The man from the house of darts") was an Aztec military title or rank; roughly equivalent to the modern title of field marshal.

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