Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH728v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Chichimeca Yaotequihua (“War Leader of the Chichimecs”), is shown as the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. Two vertical and three horizontal lines intersect on the side of his face. This is probably face paint, perhaps war paint, and a special design that sends a message of the Chichimec ethnicity. Bows and arrows are also linked to this ethnicity.
Stephanie Wood
Chichimecs could be perceived as barbarians in some Nahuatl texts, but in others, descendants are proud of their ancestors’ perceived warrior prowess.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
guerras, pintura facial, chichimecas, antepasados, líderes
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Chichimeca, Mexica ancestors from the North, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimeca
yaotequihua, war leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotequihua
Líder Chichimeca de Guerra
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 728v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=535&st=image
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