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1. AMATE PAPER: AN ANCIENT ART RENEWED.

Subjects
*PAPER, *AMATE (Plant), *OTOMI (Mexican people), *SYMBOLISM in art, *PAINTING, *PAPER industry
Abstract

The article provides information on the amate paper, which was processed from the inner bark of trees in the mulberry family. Otomí shamans have long created amate cutouts that symbolize spirit beings representing the sky, the earth, the underworld, and a variety of plants and fruits, and used them in religious, fertility, and healing ceremonies. The popularity of amate paintings revived the Otomí papermaking industry, which was slowly dying out by the late 1950s.

Published
2007