Item Summary

Contains instructions for the use of native dyes. Written in the "Pueblo de San Christoval Totonicapan" Text uses the K'iche' special characters. Text written in black and red ink.

Descriptive Information

Title
Instructions de timir anil y tinta : manuscript, 1836 June 6.
Call Number
C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 158)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso158-f1r.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
1836 June 6.
Format
Manuscript
Extent
4 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
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Text begins "En el Pueblo de San christoval totom capan Junio seis de mil-ochocientos treinte y seis años. instruccion. Para timir...".
Binding Note
Unbound sheets.

Discovery Information

Subject
Dyes and dyeing—Guatemala
Quiché language—Texts
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
8

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6dbefeb0-1b23-4cb8-b440-b72cde007768/manifest