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Shell Trumpet and Stone Instruments
This shell trumpet (14–16th cc.) shows a carved marine shell with a mouthpiece cut into the spire. It served in Mexica festivals, offerings, and martial settings as a long-range wind instrument. Behind it stand stone trumpets shaped as human and serpent figures used in similar rituals. Their forms indicate how Mexica ceremony linked sound with breath, authority, and cosmic order.
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