Aztec Feast Illustration, Food Baskets
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Description
A colorful illustration depicts a scene at a grand Aztec feast. Here, three women are eating turkey and tamales from baskets and bowls.
Date
Illustration: late 16th century AD
Information
This illustration is featured in the 16th century Florentine Codex, a Spanish ethnographic documentation of various Mesoamerican societies. This image is one of five in a series depiction a great Aztec feast as observed by the author, Bernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499–1590).
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