Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).
Summary note
Consists of a grant of 30 "cuerdos" of land from Maria Paz to Juan Velasco for 30 "tostones de plata."
Notes
This is one of 17 legal documents collectively titled "Documentos Sueltos," including nos. 201-218.
Binding note
Unbound sheets.
Language note
Text in K'iche' and Spanish.
Provenance
Previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.
Source acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.
Cite as
Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 213, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Place name(s)
Guatemala Totonicapán.
Other title(s)
Documentos Sueltos
In
Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Multi-title collection including Deed of sale for land from Juan Vicente Santiago : Momostenango, Guatemala, and 16 other(s).
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