Mesoamerican musical instruments

350px|right|thumb|A drawing from the 16th century Florentine Codex showing a One Flower ceremony with a teponaztli (foreground) and a [[huehuetl (background).]] thumb|This is a type of teponaztli made out of a turtle shell or ayotapalcatl A teponaztli is a type of slit drum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures.

ancient whistle

250px|thumb|right|Aztec Tlālpanhuēhuētl with Symbols of War, National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)|National Museum of Anthropology, [[Mexico City]] The huēhuētl is a percussion instrument from Mexico, used by the Aztecs and other cultures. It is an upright tubular drum made from a wooden body opened at the bottom that stands on three legs cut from its base, with skin stretched over the top. It can be beaten by hand or wood mallet.

A tlapitzalli is an aerophone known from pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Aztec. It is a form of flute, made of ceramic, wood, clay, or bone. They are most often decorated with abstract designs or images of Aztec deities. The tlapitzalli could be multi-chambered, examples using up to four chambers are known. Tlapitzalli was also a term that was used to refer to the conch shell trumpets used to coordinate attacks during Aztec war ceremonies.