MS 3223 Color tracings of the Codex Colombino
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3223
name: label: Collector
content: Saussure, Henri de, 1829-1905
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Mexico
title: label: Topic
content: Códice Colombino
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Collector
content: Saussure, Henri de, 1829-1905
culture: label: Culture
content: Mixtec
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: The Codex Colombino was created to record the 11th-century military and political feats of the Mixtec Lord Eight-Deer (also known as Tiger Claw) as well as those of another ruler, Four-Wind, along with the religious ceremonies marking these feats. The codex, thought to have been created in the 12th century, was acquired by the National Museum (Mexico) around 1891.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Items (tracings , ink and crayon or colored pencil on vellum, 10.25 x 8 inches mounted on 13 x 10.25 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 3223
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Deposited in the Bureau of American Ethnology by Dr. Cyrus Thomas. No related correspondence has been found.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3223
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: The Codex Colombino is held by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Mexico City, Mexico.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of eleven (11) color tracings of the Codex Colombino.

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