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[WIP flat color] Marriage Alliance

Added 2023-06-17 06:29:17 +0000 UTC

Now with the characters! The overall color are based on Lienzo de Tlaxcala, Texas Fragment, and Codex Fejérváry-Mayer.

According to 16th century friar Bernardino de Sahagún, Totonaca's overall appearance was similar to the neighboring Huasteca. They both practiced cranial deformation and tattooing. The "tattoo" on this woman is based on various stamps from pre-Hispanic Veracruz.

Although tattooing was prevalent in Eastern Mesoamerica (Maya, Totonaca, Huasteca etc.), body-painting with stamps was much more popular due to its simplicity. In Mesoamerica, clay stamps were used to print patterns on cloth, pottery, and the human body. Some rounded stamps, ideal for printing on human limbs, can be found in museums. Color dyes were made from charcoal and pine (black), chalk (white), cinnabar (scarlet), cochineal, indigo and other materials.