[Mexican Artist’s Book & Ethnographic Artifact] Historia de una Vivienda para Hacer una Ofrenda al Santo Tecuil…

In preparation—

"Historia de una Vivienda para Hacer una Ofrenda al Santo Tecuil…" [translation: History of a Dwelling Requiring an Offering to Saint Tecuil…]. April 15 1981.

Handmade bark paper (amate) book by Mexican artist Alfonso García Tellez.  One of 5 titles which  “derive from a centuries-old Mesoamerican tradition of using amate figurines for spells, cures, witchcraft, and other rituals—in this case, by the indigenous Otomí people, from the villages around San Pablito, Puebla.“ 

Reference: 'Power Paper: the Amate Manuscripts of Alfonso García Tellez. April 17, 2019', online blog by  Robyn Fleming, Associate Museum Librarian for Interlibrary Services and Digital Initiatives, Thomas J. Watson Library.