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