Tovar Codex: the common way of sacrifice: tearing out the heart and striking the idol's face with it

10a Modo de sacrificar sacando el coraçón y dando con él en el rostro del ydolo; era el común (museum title)

Mesoamerica (Mexican) (5th-16th century)

Movement

Mesoamerican art

Date

c. 1585

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions

15.2 × 21 cm

Collection

John Carter Brown Library, Providence

Rights

Public domain

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