On the mount of intertwined serpents
Subtitle: the pictorial history of power, rule, and land on Lienzo Seler II
By: for the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, edited by Viola König
Contributors: Michael Imhof Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
Publisher: Michael Imhof Verlag
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Petersberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9783731904861
Subjects: Lienzo Seler
Description: The Lienzo Seler II (Coixtlahuaca II) from the collection of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin is one of the most impressive objects presented at the Humboldt Forum. Mixtekian and Chocho authors produced the large 383 cm x 442 cm cotton cloth in the 16th century in the valley of Coixtlahuaca (Oaxaca, Mexico) to document the origin of their rulers and the founding of their settlements in the multiethnic valley. They recorded events that span a period of more than 500 years into the early Spanish colonial period, and make their claim to power, land and privileges visible in the style of the pre-Romanesque picture. The document is named after its collector Eduard Seler, who brought it to Berlin in 1897. For the first time, the Lienzo is published in numerous detailed illustrations and interpreted by 10 international experts according to the latest findings.