Pectoral, in the form of a double-headed serpent. Covered with mosaics made of turquoise and red thorny oyster shell. The teeth are from conch shell. Mixtec, Aztec ,1400-1521 Mexico. ( The Mayans - Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization in Yucatán Mexico and Belize in Central America ( 2600 BC - 1500 AD ) Pre Columbian American )

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Location: Central America
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
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