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Pochtecas with Tomatoes, Beans, and Cacao
Pochtecas with Tomatoes, Beans, and Cacao
Pochtecas with Tomatoes, Beans, and Cacao

Pochtecas with Tomatoes, Beans, and Cacao

Artist (born 1945 Mexico City, Mexico; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date2020
Mediumcut paper
Dimensionssheet: 25 × 10 in. (63.5 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaper Art
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the artist
Object numberPC2023.3.1.11
DescriptionA series of black paper cuts used to create the installation titled "Global Connections: Mesoamerican Myths, the Domestication of Nourishment, and its Distribution" at the Greenway Park in Boston. This paper cut is a depiction of three vignettes. A figure on top carries a bag with tomatoes and the figure on bottom carries a bag of cacao. The figures hold two staffs each. The central vignette illustrates part of a figure with legs and a bowl filled with beans.
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