chiquihuitl (MH486v)

chiquihuitl (MH486v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun basket (chiquihuitl) is a rectangle with many small diamonds that convey a number of woven reeds.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 486v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=52&st=image.

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

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).

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Plants, Flora

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diamond shape(s)

rectangular

woven

Keywords:

baskets, canastas, cestas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chiquihuitl, basket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquihuitl-0.

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 486v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=52&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).