The double-headed serpent is fashioned of a multitude of tiny turquoise stones along with conch and Spondylus shells, glued with copal and pine resin onto a cedarwood base gilded on its backside.

Episode 78 - Double-headed serpent. Double-headed serpent (made between 1400 and 1700). Mosaic; from Mexico. Listening to the sounds of buskers in the heart of Mexico City today, beating Aztec ...