Chichimecatl (MH784v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal/ethnic name Chichimecatl ("A Chichimec") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph is a bow (on the left) and arrow (perpendicular to the bow and ready to fire, pointing toward the viewer's right. The arrow point has two barbs. This is a semantic indicator for the semi-sedentary people of the North who hunted and fought with bows and arrows.
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Another recurring feature identified with Chichimecs is the face paint or tattooing across the cheek, involving criss-crossing lines.
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juo chichimecatl
Juan Chichimecatl
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1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
etnicidades, chichimecas, cazar, arcos, flechas, armas, nombres de hombres

chichimeca(tl), an Indigenous person from the North, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimecatl
Un Chichimeca
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 784v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=643&st=image
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