This is a visual record of the tributes paid by individuals from the town of Culhuacan made circa 1550. The strip is divided into eleven rows and is read from bottom to top. Each row shows the person(s) who provided the tributes, their personal names in pictographic form, and the items they provided. In the central panel are the two Indigenous rulers or gobernadores (governors) of Culhuacan, and an Indigenous judge holding a staff of office or topilli; the three of them are sitting on seats of woven reeds with a back rest or tepotzoicpalli, a sign of their rank and position. A fourth man, perhaps a tlacuilo or artist, offers the tributes. On the right side are five blue coins with a cross in the center, these are pesos, and two coins called tomines, painted in red. Below these men is the place name or toponym of Culhuacan: a hill with a curved summit.

Description provided by Ana Pulido Rull, PhD, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville