Photo, Print, Drawing [Human sacrifice before Tohil]


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Title
[Human sacrifice before Tohil]
Contributor Names
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957.
Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
[1931]
Subject Headings
-  Popol vuh--Illustrations
-  Quiché mythology
-  Quiché Indians--Religion
-  Myths--1930-1940
-  Sacrifices--1930-1940
Genre
Watercolors--1930-1940
Notes
-  Title from Kislak Collection guide.
-  Watercolor painted by Diego Rivera in San Francisco, Calif. during the summer of 1931, originally commissioned to illustrate a never-published English translation of the Popol Vuh by John Weatherwax. Depicts the first humans making sacrifices to the god Tohil. underworld.
-  Watercolor and gouache on paper.
-  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
-  Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
Medium
1 painting : watercolor ; 31 x 48 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
N8214.5.A45 C65 1750
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.00225.1
Library of Congress Control Number
2008700225
Language
not applicable
no linguistic content
Online Format
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Description
Title from Kislak Collection guide. Watercolor painted by Diego Rivera in San Francisco, Calif. during the summer of 1931, originally commissioned to illustrate a never-published English translation of the Popol Vuh by John Weatherwax. Depicts the first humans making sacrifices to the god Tohil. underworld. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
Original Format
photo, print, drawing
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700225
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Rivera, Diego, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Human sacrifice before Tohil. , 1931. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008700225/.

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Rivera, D. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1931) Human sacrifice before Tohil. , 1931. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008700225/.

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Rivera, Diego, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Human sacrifice before Tohil. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008700225/>.

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