Item Summary

A legal document concerning land in Ebtún, Yucatan. No names identified. "36" is written in red pencil in upper left corner of fol. 1r. Together with a fragment of another legal document concerning land in Ebtún, Yucatan. Date unknown [18th-century]. No names identified. "36" is written in red pencil in upper left corner of fol. 1r and "[Inspe]ccion Administrativa, Valladolid, Yucatan"--Stamp on fol. 1r of fragment.

Descriptive Information

Title
Land document : Ebtún, Mexico, [1721].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2z10wv045
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[1721].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
2 leaves : paper ; 16 x 21 cm.
Provenance
"Valladolid Yucatan"--Stamp on fol. 1r. "The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York, 1835, 36"--Written in pencil on cover; 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—Ebtún—18th century
Mayas—land tenure—Mexico—Ebtún—18th century
Mayas—History—18th century—Sources
Maya language—Texts
Ebtún (Mexico)—History—18th century—Sources
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0a7094ac-bb5a-4e3d-bfcb-6d1f0986dcdf/manifest