Codex of Michoacán
Artista: No identificado
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Relación de Michoacán
This page from the Códice de Michoacán, a 16th-century colonial document, illustrates scenes from Purépecha life and traditions. The painting, executed in watercolor on amate paper, features human figures engaged in rituals and daily activities, notable for its naive and descriptive style characteristic of the period and Mesoamerican culture. The Nahuatl text accompanying the images narrates historical and religious events.
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