• Instructions de timir anil y tinta : manuscript, 1836 June 6.

Collections:

• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
• Indigenous Cultures

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• 1836 June 6.

Subject:

• Dyes and dyeing—Guatemala
• Quiché language—Texts
• Phrase books—19th century
• Paper
• Unbound sheets (Binding)—19th century

Language:

• English

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939109443506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 158)

Extent:

• 4 leaves : paper ; 31 x 21 cm.

Description:

• Text begins "En el Pueblo de San christoval totom capan Junio seis de mil-ochocientos treinte y seis años. instruccion. Para timir...".

Spatial:

• Guatemala

Relation:

• Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s

Text language:

• Text in K'iche' and Spanish.

Binding note:

• Unbound sheets.

Provenance:

• 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.

Donor:

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961

Former owner:

• Gates, William, 1863-1940

Created:

• 1836-01-01T00:00:00Z/606-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• Contains instructions for the use of native dyes. Written in the "Pueblo de San Christoval Totonicapan" Text uses the K'iche' special characters. Text written in black and red ink.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dc3197xz38r

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 158)

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Range label:

• Logical

Available online:

• library.princeton.edu