chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH486v)

chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH486v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation of basket maker (chiquiuhchiuhqui) shows a rectangle with small diamonds that indicate a woven texture. It is like a herringbone weave, similar to the weave pattern of the woven mats (petlatl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

chiquiuhchiuhq~

Gloss Normalization: 

chiquiuhchiuhqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

baskets, cestas, cestos, canastas, canastos, chiquihuites, oficios, trabajo

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Hace Cestos

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: