Known as the "Aztec death whistle," this object is an ancient Mesoamerican wind instrument typically crafted into the shape ...
For this reason, our warriors were on guard at the Eagle Gate ... The Brohen Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (Boston: Beacon Press, 1962), pp. 64­66, 129­131. As published online ...
Aztec society, whose powerful empire stretched over what is now southern Mexico from the 14th through ... the umbilical cord was given to a warrior to bury in enemy territory.