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 (“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.

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.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

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: