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Tovar Codex: the man who threw himself down rather than fight his homeland, Mesoamerica

Tovar Codex: the man who threw himself down rather than fight his homeland

11a El q[ue] se arrojo por no yr contra su patria (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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