Shield of Tehuacan

The Shield of Tehuacán is made up of four quarters:

In the first quarter there is a black eagle on the nopal with two arrows in its right claw and another crossed by its legs, on the left side of the quarter are three maize with spikes of gold which the Indians call "Miahuatl", in a blue field.

In the second quarter it shows a Black Eagle in white with a golden beak putting one leg on a teponaxtle and the other lifting two clasped arrows. At the right side of the eagle an ayacaxtle or sonaja is playing an instrument and dancing with the Indians. Just below is a drum, on the left side are two teponaxcle and below sits a Quetzal feather.

In the third quarter there is a bush with a red flower on its outspread branches; in the native language the flower is called a "tlaxochitl". Below the tree is a bird digging up a flower, the tree is called a Mezquite. On the right side is a castle on a hill and near it there are white and colored stones, below the castle is a cave.

In the fourth quarter there is a decapitated head which is held up by a hand that is reaching out from the right side and is holding the head up by its hair, the left hand is also in the picture and is grasping an arc. In the midst of the four quarters the head of Chimalpopoca and as Cimera, the Virgin of the Conception.