<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">amate paper</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31455715</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:02:40</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">paper, amate</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Aztec paper</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">amatl</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Paper made in Mexico and Central America from bast fibers of  amate Ficus trees, such as Ficus petolaris; also reportedly made from majirey cactus fibers (Sahgum 1963) or naturalized mulberry trees fibers (Lenz 1961). The fibers are scraped from inside the bark of the tree, boiled, then beaten and felted into sheets. The paper was often polished with stones to produce a smooth surface. ]]></dc:description></metadata>