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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
29022
Record number:
29022-4
JCB call number:
Codex Ind 1 /1-SIZE
Image title:
[Ancient Mexicans and lake]
Place image published:
[Mexico City, Mexico?]
Image date:
[between 1700 and 1748]
Image function:
illustration; leaf [4v]-[5r]
Technique:
manuscript, watercolor
Image dimension height:
23.2cm.
Image dimension width:
40 cm. [both pages]
Page dimension height:
24.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
45.5 cm. [both pages]
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
amatl paper
Languages:
Nahuatl
Description:
Native Americans of ancient Mexico. Cultural artifacts include spears, bow, arrows, sandals, skin garments, and feathered headdresses.
Source place of publication:
[Mexico City, Mexico?]
Source date:
[between 1700 and 1748]
notes:
This codex, known as the Codex Santa María Tetelpan, was long believed to be a 16th century manuscript. This work is now thought to have been prepared in the early 18th century by the residents of Mazetepec/Tetelpan, in defense against challenges to the village boundaries. The indigenous techniques employed for such narrative paintings as these were still being used 200 years after the conquest. Combining traditional water color paintings with text in the Nahuatl language, the preparers sought to imitate original landholding documents of the 16th century. It is also known as the Coyoacán Codex.
Time Period:
1701-1750
References:
Robertson, D. "Techialoyan manuscripts," Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. XIV, 253-280
References exhibitions:
Johnson, J. G. Book in the Americas, Item 25, Fig. 34
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1941.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico

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