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Tovar Codex: the combat between the sacrificer and the one to be sacrificed, Mesoamerica

Tovar Codex: the combat between the sacrificer and the one to be sacrificed

7a Modo de pelear entre el que avia de sacrificar, y ser sacrificado (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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