acalli (Azca8)

This example of iconography is intended to provide a comparison for the glyph called acalli (boat). It is a boat that has a raised bow and stern. It may be flat-bottomed, as the person is standing while punting or paddling to move it forward. The paddle is long with a wide piece at the water end. Both the boat and the paddle are painted red. The man doing the paddling wears only a loincloth. His head is in profile (facing right), but his body is in a frontal view. His hair is long down his back, but it is tied with a red binding, the ends of which are fluttering in what may be a breeze. The man and boat are surrounded by swirls apparently meant to be water.