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Tlaloc-Pot

Ceramic pot modeled with a high relief figurehead of Tlaloc's face, the god of rain. The Aztecs conceived it formed by two serpents intertwined at the nose and joining their heads face to face at the mouth. In this case, such serpents can be seen through the bands with vertical lines and alternate circles located over the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and around the mouth.

It was found in Offering 21 of the Templo Mayor and it contained various mother-of-pearl shells and green stone beads, the latter ones as symbols of water. It belongs to Stage IV (1440-1469 A.D.).