Title: La sabiduría de las pieles
First published: 2004
Description: This work is a detailed and scholarly study, using the 9 codices remaining in México in the archives of Bilblioteca Nacional de Antropología and the of the curing and technical aspects of tanning of hides in Oaxaca and the uses of leather in the history of Mexico. One chapter devoted to summary of codices used in study and their physical condition.
Subjects: Hides and skins, Tanning, Manuscripts, History, Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian), Indians of Mexico, Science
Places: Mexico, Oaxaca
LC classification: HD9779.M62 M35 2004