Tribute page from the Codex Mendoza

Tony Burton

Tribute Page from the Codex Mendoza

The tribute payable 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

Published or Updated on: March 14, 2008 by Tony Burton © 2008