cihuatl (Verg6v)

cihuatl (Verg6v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element representing woman (cihuatl) shows a woman's head in profile, looking toward the reader's left. Her hairstyle, the neaxtlahualli, gives it away that she is a woman of marriageable age. Her eye is open, and she has a pleasant expression. This element has been extracted from the compound glyph, Cihuatzincocol.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (female)
Hair (human or animal)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

mujeres, women, hairdo, hairstyle, peinada, coiffure

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la mujer

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Vergara, folio 6v, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f20.item

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cihuaitzincocol (Verg6v)

neaxtlahualli (MH513r)