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[Human sacrifice before Tohil]

LC Control No.:	2008700225
Type of Material:	Photograph, Print, Drawing
Personal Name:	Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. » More like this
Main Title:	[Human sacrifice before Tohil] [graphic] / D Rivera [partial monogram].
Published/Created:	[1931]
Related Names:	Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) DLC » More like this
Description:	1 painting : watercolor ; 31 x 48 cm.
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. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. DLC
Additional Formats:	Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Subjects:	Popol vuh--Illustrations. » More like this Quiché mythology. » More like this Quiché Indians--Religion. » More like this Myths--1930-1940. » More like this Sacrifices--1930-1940. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Watercolors--1930-1940. » More like this
LC Classification:	N8214.5.A45 C65 1750
Links:	Page view: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.00225.1 PDF: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.00225.2