Montezuma II's Chimalli

Montezuma II's Chimalli

Aztec Triple Alliance, Noches Triste, Colonial History, Aztec Warrior, Aztec Craftmanship

Handcrafted ceremonial Aztec shield, addorned with gold, ocelot skin and precious feathers. This object symbolizes great economic, soietal and spiritual power

Unknown Mexica artist(s), Tenochitlan

Tenochitilan, Modern day Mexico City

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Created within close proximity to Montezuma II's reign. Roughly from 1502 - 1520 CE

Contributions made by the Weltmuseum Wien in Austria

Intially owned by the Weltmuseum Wien in Austria, but has since been repatriated to the National History of Mexican History in Mexico City

Believed to be Montezuma II's, this object is in connection with other contested Indigenous items such as Montezuma's Headress and

Shield

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War accessory

National Museum of Mexican History within Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City

Spiritual and political leadership of the Aztec Empire