choloa (Mdz23v)

This glyhic element for the verb "to flee" or "to jump" (cholo(a)) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Atl Icholoayan. The visual is a bent deer leg (ready to flee or jump?), with a bent paw (with purple hooves). A white bone protrudes at the top of the leg, reminiscent of the bone that often protrudes from the human arm at the site of the shoulder (acolli). The coat on the leg is textured, and the top of it is a brown fading to terracotta and then white on the underneath side. In the other example of choloa attested (below, right) the hoof material is colored turquoise. Deer antlers, when visible, can also have this turquoise color, but also white (see also below, right).