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HEART OF TULA

The "battle of Tula" was recovered in Room 2 of the Burnt Palace, at the beginning of the years
nineties of the 20th Century. Made with multiple rectangular plates of Spondylus shell and
ending with snails of genus Olivella, this vest- armor was deposited within
an adobe box, along with other marine elements such as shells and corals.

Without a doubt, this ritual vest could only be used by members of the
Toltec elites or by the priests who presided over various ritual ceremonies, in addition to
which shows the complex craft specialization achieved by the Toltecs

Provenance: Room 2, Burnt Palace, Tula, Hidalgo (Early Postclassic, 900-1250 AD)