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Detail of ceremonial mosaic shield interpreted as representing the central axis of Aztec cosmology. A world tree sprouts on the upper level, the sun symbol with the four directions and the center laid out in a quincunx pattern decorates the middle level. A serpent spirals through the four layers of the cosmos.
