Chicahuac (MH712r)

Chicahuac (MH712r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This colorful simplex glyph for the personal name, Chicahuac (“Strong”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. He has a load on his back that he is carrying with a tumpline from his forehead. His feet are apart, suggesting movement. His arms are reaching up to touch the tumpline or rope. His is only wearing a loincloth, with just the waistband visible, and it is painted yellow. The basket on his back is striped in multiple colors, alternating red and green. The red stripes have diagonal hash marks. Coming out of the top of the basket are red and yellow feathers. A carrier like this would be called a tlamama, although there is no text to this effect.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Feathers are not very heavy, which makes this load somewhat amusing for showing strength.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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Keywords: 

tamemes, cargas, plumas, fuerte, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Fuerte

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 712r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=502&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

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