performed sacrifices to the gods, conducted calendrical divinations, and, as suggested in the "The Codex Nuttall" tutorial, offered performances at fiestas organized by the commoners. Finally, like elite in many other societies, the Mixtec nobility were artisans who produced luxury goods for personal use and for exchange with other elites. They painted codices, crafted objects in gold, greenstone, wood, and bone, and wove rich textiles of cotton. (25)
We will end this discussion with one of the few
sixteenth-century images depicting common people.
Taken from the Codex of Yanhuitlán, it depicts a Mixtec
woman and man walking to offer tribute service at the
palace of their cacique and cacica. The woman carries
a metate on her back; the man carries a bag of corn.
