Chichimeca (Azca9)

This compound glyph representing the Chichimec people, sometimes called a calpulli (in this case, an ethnic group associated with migration). The calpulli name glyph can also double as a place name. The glyph features a building (perhaps meant to be a tecpan, or ruling palace) in profile, open to the right, and representing the place. The building is clearly made from bricks (probably adobe but given a two-tone red and white color). The platform or foundation and the roof both have white/pink horizontal construction. The T-shaped entrance has yellow or golden beams, probably wooden. Above the building lie the horizontal bow and arrow that are diagnostic of the Chichimec people. The Chichimecas both fought and hunted with these implements. The bow is a wide, pink or red, U-shape with a golden cord across the top. The arrow is notably long, seemingly a piece of wood with no feathers or obsidian tip. The arrow does have a sharp point on the left end. It is bound to the bow with what seems to be a red leather thong that wraps around them five or six times.