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"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.
- Sold By: John Bale Books LLC
- Contact Person: Donato Gaeta
- Country: United States
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- Trade Associations: ABAA
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