Item Summary

Deed of sale transferring land, possibly for a Ceme family property called X-Luch near Tahcavo and Kuaua. No names identified.

Descriptive Information

Title
Deed of sale for land : Mexico, [1768 May 16].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/z316q5428
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1768 May 16].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.
Provenance
Previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Binding Note
In cloth box; housed with cardboard covers, removed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Land tenure—Mexico—18th century
Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—18th century
Maya language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0fa70d2f-fb10-4aba-ac31-3da906a96dca/manifest