File:COM V2 D273 Prisoners for sacrifice were decorated.png

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Description Artwork taken from "The Conquest of Mexico", Vol. 2, page 261. Published in 1922, by Chatto & Windus, in London. Original description from the book: "Prisoners for sacrifice had their faces painted, their heads crowned with plumes, and their bodies decorated with tufts of down".
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Author William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859). [Uploaded by Keith Henderson.]

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This image, drawn by Keith Henderson, the illustrator of "The Conquest of Mexico", Vol. 2 (published in London, 1922), depicts Spanish prisoners prepared for sacrifice and decorated with plumes and fans. It is not an original Mesoamerican artwork.

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