Chichimecatl (MH794v)
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 blow and ready to fire), pointing toward the viewer's right. The arrow point is triangular.
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The bow and arrow is practically a Chichimec signature. Another recurring feature identified with Chichimecs is the face paint or tattooing across the cheek, involving criss-crossing lines.
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ximō chichimecatl
Simón Chichimecatl
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1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
etnicidades, chichimecas, cazar, arcos, flechas, armas, nombres de hombres

Chichimecatl, a Chichimeca, Indigenous person from the North, ancestor of the Mexica, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichimecatl
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl
Un Chichimeca
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 794v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=663&st=image.
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