. Guide leaflet. )-tui-e. The construction of one t\])e. theIcpondzlli, required considerable ability, forthe sounding board consisted of two tonguesof wood which were panly freed from thehollowed block of the dium and gave differ-ent notes. Altliough the tone of the drums\aried considerably, the inter\al between th(^notes of each was always the same. Mosaic Wohkflasks of wood foi- ]-eligious ])urposes werefrequently made, since the gods were im- urquoisc mo-lic mirror,:hiclien Itza,\icatan. Thesflecting sur-icc was prob-Dly made of au m b e r of?agnients of•on pyritesid against tlicindstone c
. Guide leaflet. )-tui-e. The construction of one t\])e. theIcpondzlli, required considerable ability, forthe sounding board consisted of two tonguesof wood which were panly freed from thehollowed block of the dium and gave differ-ent notes. Altliough the tone of the drums\aried considerably, the inter\al between th(^notes of each was always the same. Mosaic Wohkflasks of wood foi- ]-eligious ])urposes werefrequently made, since the gods were im- urquoisc mo-lic mirror,:hiclien Itza,\icatan. Thesflecting sur-icc was prob-Dly made of au m b e r of?agnients of•on pyritesid against tlicindstone cen-T. The elab-•ateness of thetting togetherith its dis-)very beneathn altar indi-ites that its>c was ritual-tic. Afterlorris. Char-it and Morris,1931. Right:—Obsidian mirror with gilded wooden frame, Mexico. This exceedingly rare specimen was purchased in Europe and may well have been among the presents sent to Charles V bv Cortes Lacquer tray. Thesegay utensils were acharacteristic prod-uct of Mexican In-dians during theColonial period, andin recent years theirmanufacture has beenrevived in variousvillages in westernMexico. It is prob-able that their originis Pre-Columbian 67 Pages From The Codex I-lorentino consistsseveral hundred paintin^^s by Azartists (o illustrate Father Sahaguj^reat work on the Aztec civilizati(The pictures shown here give an icof tlie complexity of the civilizaticBesides the divisions expressed by cnursery rhyme, Rich man, poorman,-there was a great variety of oti:trades and professions, some of whi
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