cihuatl (T1871:1)

cihuatl (T1871:1)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

While many times women are shown seated (sitting with their legs folded under them), this woman is standing. Her body faces the viewer, but her head is in profile, looking to the left. She wears a huipilli with trim around the bottom edge and from the bottom of the V neck down to the bottom of the garment. Otherwise, the huipil/blouse is neutral in color and design. Her skirt has vertical stripes. Her feet are bare. Her arms are not showing.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This woman is part of a pair, male and female, who supervise the agricultural parcels that appear on the same document, ensuring the production of the tributes that are specified as coming from the land. These "tlapixque" (guardians) are said to be "one man" and "one woman." But they are not described as a couple per se.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

çe çihuatl

Gloss Normalization: 

ce cihuatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1871, exp. 1
Date of Manuscript: 

1558

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Cuauhtla, Morelos

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (female)
Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres and Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
white/neutral
Keywords: 

women, mujeres, huipiles, nahuas, tributos, tierras

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

cihuatl. Salón Mexica. Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Photograph by Stephanie Wood, 14 February 2023.

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

una mujer

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

See Also: 

ome tlapixque (T1871:1)