Overview

• Vintage item from the 20th century

• Materials: Amate Bark Paper

Amate comes from the Nahuatl word amatl (paper). It was the most used paper by the Mesoamerican cultures. The Mayas called it hunn (bark or book) and the Aztecs gave it the name amatl.

Both cultures wrote their codices in amate and there is archaeological evidence the Aztecs used it to decorate shrines, sacrifice places, gods sculptures and burials. The painting displays a god.

In good condition.

Measures: 30 cm tall, 20 cm wide

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