chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH810r)

chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH810r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation of basket maker, chiquiuhchiuhqui, shows a frontal view of a small lidded basket. It has a herringbone weave on the front but just diagonal lines across the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

woven

frontal view

Keywords:

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

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chiquiuhchiuhqui, basket maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquiuhchiuhqui
chiquihui(tl), basket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquihuitl
chihua, to make or to do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chihua
-qui, one who, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él que Hace Cestas

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 810r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=694&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).

Orthography:

"g" for c, q, or x

Historical Contextualizing Image: