Aztec Sacrificial Knife
- The handles were carved with a single piece of wood
- The design on the wood shows a crouching man
- The handle is decorated with turquoise, shell and malachite
- Plain knives served as better practical tools; hunting and warfare
- Decorated knives were saved for ritual sacrifices
- Only a few Aztec sacrificial knives still remain
- Aztecs used knives while thej spanish had guns and more advanced weapons
- The worldview of that the Aztecs needed to sacrifice people resulted in a loss of men when they conflicted with the Spanish, The Spanish also killed their enemies while the Aztecs attempted to capture their enemies
- The sacrificial knife along with other artifacts have been found and are being preserved