1. What is a Lienzo?

The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan is made up of 15 pieces of cotton cloth that were sewn together.

Marketplaces were indicated by a circle with one or more people inside with merchandise.

Stylized Nahua images: a river (linear blue glyphs with white dots) and the ocean (wavy blue lines).

The term lienzo refers to a type of painting on cloth used by the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica to communicate information. It was a system that combined oral narrations with stylized symbols and standards that were understood by the members of different societies. The word “lienzo” means a panel of cloth in Spanish.