On the mount of intertwined serpents : the pictorial history of power, rule, and land on Lienzo Seler II / for the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, edited by Viola König ; translation: Sabine Lang, Paul Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

König, Viola, editor.

Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, issuing body.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Lienzo Seler II--Congresses.

Lienzo Seler II.

Manuscripts, Mexican--Germany--Berlin--Facsimiles.

Manuscripts, Mexican.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--History--Congresses.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--Migrations--Congresses.

Indian art.

History.

Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History--Congresses.

Oaxaca (Mexico : State).

Indian art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--Congresses.

Mexico--Oaxaca (State).

Germany--Berlin.

Genre:

Facsimiles.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 172 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 28 cm + 1 poster (72 x 60 cm)

Other Title:

Pictorial history of power, rule, and land on Lienzo Seler II

Place of Publication:

[Berlin] : Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ; Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag, [2017]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

"The present book is based on a conference held at the Ethnologisches Museum in September 2013"--Page xi.

Accompanying poster is a reproduction of the Lienzo Seler II.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Contains:

Lienzo Seler II.

ISBN:

9783731904861

3731904861

OCLC:

1004221828

Publisher Number:

9783731904861