gems, jade, jadeite, fei cui, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mayans, Olmecs, Aztecs

The relationship between the tlahtoani and the cihuacóatl in the highest ranks of Mexica authority may transcend the political-administrative levels of the indigenous social structure, reflecting on earth the religious duality that prevails in the cosmological realm and, ultimately, reproducing the foundational model of Mexico-Tenochtitlan.