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Tira de Tributos de Mizquiahuala

Mizquiahuala, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Fragment of a vertical tira, Native paper, 39 x 19 cm., color, 1569.
Ex-Lorenzo Boturini Collection.
Call Number: F1219.T5
Latin American Library Rare Oversize

Fragment of a manuscript tribute roll on native paper. Record of payment for goods and services provided by the Indians to Corregidor Manuel de Olvera. Read right to left, left to right, etc. Spanish text on reverse.

Tribute of zacate (green corn stalks used as fodder for horses) paid to the Corregidor of Mizquiahuala; Spanish text on reverse. (HMAI 221)

Abbreviations

HMAI = Handbook of Middle American Indians Census. Text adapted from M.B. Robertson, Mexican Indian Manuscript Painting, 1991.

   
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