Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH728v)

Chichimeca Yaotequihua (MH728v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Chichimeca Yaotequihua (“Chichimec War Leader”), 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.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Chichimecs could be perceived as barbarians in some Nahuatl texts, but in others, descendants are proud of their ancestors’ perceived warrior prowess. In this digital collection, face paint or tattooing has ethnic associations, involving Chichimecs, the Otomí, the Tlaxcalteca, and those who were “different” (e.g. the Tlamaca). Divine forces, such as Ecatl (or Ehecatl) and Xolotl, also have some face paint or tattoos.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diegochichimecayaotequihua

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Chichimeca Yaotequihua

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Face Paint or Tattoos

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

vertical, upright

Keywords:

guerras, pintura facial, chichimecas, antepasados, líderes

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Chichimeca, Mexica ancestors from the North, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimeca
yaotequihua, war leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotequihua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Líder Chichimeca de Guerra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 728v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=535&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: