Codex of Festivals of the Indians to the Devil
Artista: Anónimo
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Códice Fiestas de los Indios al Demonio
This manuscript page, part of the 16th-century Codex "Fiestas de los Indios al Demonio" (Festivities of the Indians to the Devil), documents colonial observations of indigenous celebrations in New Spain. The text, written in ink on paper, describes rituals and dances in detail, such as the "Fiesta de los Indios al Demonio," mentioning elements like dances with cloths and the presence of slaves. Its period calligraphy reflects the style of early ethnographic records and the effort to understand, from a Spanish perspective, complex pre-Columbian cultural practices.
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