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Tribute Page From The Codex Mendoza by Tony Burton

Tribute Page from the Codex Mendoza

The tribute payable (displayed in most browsers when mouse is positioned over image) is:

2 strings of beads of jadeite, a green semi-precious stone

a total of 4,000 handfuls of colored feathers

160 skins of the bird with a blue plumage

2 labrets (lip piercings) of amber encased in gold

40 skins of jaguar

200 loads of cacao beans, the main ingredient of chocolate

800 tecomates (cups for drinking chocolate)

2 slabs of clear amber, each approximately the size of a brick

codex mendoza page Two strings of beads fashioned from jadeite, a green semi-precious stone 6 bundles of 400 handfuls of feathers of different colors (protruding feather = 400) Two bundles of 400 handfuls each, of different colored feathers - 800 handfuls in total Two bundles of 400 handfuls each, of different colored feathers - 800 handfuls in total 80 skins of the bird pictured (each 80 skins of the bird pictured (each One labret (lip piercing) of clear amber set in gold. Labrets were a symbol of prestige. One labret (lip piercing) of clear amber set in gold. Labrets were a symbol of prestige. 100 loads (5 flags) of cacao beans, the main ingredient of chocolate. 100 loads (5 flags) of cacao beans, the main ingredient of chocolate. Twenty skins of jaguars. (The Twenty skins of jaguars. (The 400 tecomates (cups for drinking chocolate) - the protruding feather = 400. 400 tecomates (cups for drinking chocolate) - the protruding feather = 400. Two slabs of clear amber, each approximately the size of a brick.

Published or Updated on: March 14, 2008 by Tony Burton © 2008
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Author of "West Mexico: A Traveller's Treasury" (3rd edition, Perception Press 2001) and "Lake Chapala Through the Ages — an anthology of travellers' tales" (Sombrero Books, 2008), both available from all good book shops or from www.sombrerobooks.com. Co-author of "Geo-Mexico: the geography and dynamcis of modern Mexico" (Sombrero Books, 2010, geo-mexico.com).