El Codice de Ayotzinapa Item Number: 3289/20 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Very wide brown paper protest banner; horizontal orientation. Text and illustrations are divided into fifteen panels. The first panel has the title (farthest left), then the panels alternate between text and illustration until the end. Artist names and INAH inscription at farthest right end, lower corner.
History Of Use
Contemporary pictorial manuscript called the "Codice de Ayotzinapa" recounting the Iguala mass killings, in which 43 students from the Escuela Normal Rural Isidro Burgos in Ayotzinapa were forced to disappear on September 26, 2014. The narrative is told using a representational style that mimics manuscripts made by people of what is now Central and Southern Mexico, before and during colonial conquest. These manuscripts were often petitions to the colonial administration following abuses, or used to lobby for land and property rights. The artists use pre-Columbian images and symbolism to tell the story of the Ayotzinapa atrocities in the context of neo-colonialism in contemporary Latin America.
Narrative
The codex was written and illustrated by Juan Manuel Sandoval Palacios, Diego Sandoval Avila and Martha Monzón, Elsa Hernández, and Ángeles Colunga.
Item History
- Made by Diego Sandoval (Maker) and Juan Manuel Sandoval (Maker) in Mexico City, Mexico during 2014
- Collected by Laura Osorio in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico between 2017 and 2018
- Owned by Laura Osorio before April 11, 2018
- Received from Laura Osorio (Seller), Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget (Funding source) and Michael O'Brian Family Foundation (Funding source) on April 11, 2018
What
- Name
- El Codice de Ayotzinapa
- Identification Number
- 3289/20
- Type of Item
- banner
- Overall
- height 61.0 cm, width 864.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Mexican
- Creator
- Diego Sandoval (Maker) and Juan Manuel Sandoval (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Laura Osorio
- Previous Owner
- Laura Osorio
- Received from
- Laura Osorio (Seller), Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget (Funding source) and Michael O'Brian Family Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Collected in
- Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico
When
- Creation Date
- during 2014
- Collection Date
- between 2017 and 2018
- Ownership Date
- before April 11, 2018
- Acquisition Date
- on April 11, 2018
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3289/0020