Tovar Codex: priests make offerings at night, burning incense and piercing their calves

4a. Sacerdotes de los idolos, y como de noche offrescian sacrifficio, quemando encienso y atravesandose las pantorrillas (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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