During the New Fire ceremony, priests would wear masks of this material to honor Xiuhtecuhtli [shu-te-COOT-lee]. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this material which was traded on a namesake network from Cerillos to elsewhere in Mesoamerica. Large double-headed serpent statues were decorated with tiles of this material.
ANSWER: turquoise [accept xihuitl; prompt on copper aluminum phosphate]
[10m] The first Mesoamerican civilization to use turquoise was this semi-mythical predecessor of the Aztecs who began a cult to Quetzalcoatl [ket-suhl-co-WAA-tl] at their capital of Tula.
ANSWER: Toltecs
[10e] This tribe’s squash-blossom necklaces often feature a horseshoe-shaped turquoise charm called a naja adopted from Mexican cultures. This Native American tribe has the largest reservation in the US in the Four Corners region.
ANSWER: Navajo [or the Navajo Nation]
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