5875
Rare Mexican Tree-Bark Amate Manuscript
Sold
$100
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing May 1st, 2024
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Description
Antonio Lopez Maya, LA HISTORIO DE LA CURACION ANTIGUA DE SAN PABLITO PAHUATLAN PUE[BLA] (Indigenous Aztec, Mexico City region, 1970s) A record in Spanish of traditional magical healing rituals; dark brown and white tree bark paper, with dark scissor-cuts affixed to most of the 30 leaves (counting the covers), 7 x 5 5/8 in.; accompanied by an English translation.
Provenance
See an article by Robyn Fleming, "Power Paper," on virtually identical books by Alfonso Garcia Tellez, on the website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The British Museum has another example of the present book, written by Lopez.
