codex;
manuscript
- Museum number
- Am2006,Drg.17038
- Title
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Object: Chalco, Atenco, Santiago
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Object: Techialoyan de Santiago Atenco
- Description
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Codex consisting of ten leaves of coarse amatl paper, folded in the middle and held together with twine. A painted pictorial history with written text in Nahuatl of the Mexican people, animals, birds, trees and houses amongst which are a Christian church and a priest.
- Production date
- 17thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 47.50 centimetres
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Width: 25 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The document is known to have been owned by Mr Perct Doyle, a collector. When his collection was sold at the Skegg sale in 1847 the document came into the possession of the British Museum.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1847
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased at the Skegg sale 12th August 1847
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am2006,Drg.17038
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: ADD Ms 17038
