Codex Boturini
Hand painted copy of the Codex Boturini. It is copied onto full length (one piece) of Amate paper and housed in a leather case. Back page of Codex is signed "Codice Botturini Gira de la Peregrinacion Cultura Mexica. Germine de copiado en La Cuidad de Ensenada, B. Ca. el 12 de octubre de 1994. Tere Moniel"
- Object: Codex Boturini
- Artist: Montiel,Terre
- Circa: 1994
- Dimensions: 217.5" L (18.12')
- Culture Area: Mesoamerica
- Cultural Group: aztec
- Cultural Context: Codex Boturini, also known as the Tira de la Peregrinación de los Mexica (Tale of the Mexica Migration), is an Aztec codex, which depicts the migration of the Azteca, later Mexica, people from Aztlán. Its date of manufacture is unknown, but likely to have occurred before or just after the Conquest of the Aztec Empire. At least two other Aztec codices have been influenced by the content and style of the Boturini Codex. This Codex has become an insignia of Mexica history and pilgrimage and is carved into a stone wall at the entrance of the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City.
- Donor: Museum Purchase
- Catalog #: 115.022