cozcatl (Azca19)

This black-line drawing of an iconographic example of a necklace (what might be called a cozcatl, but it is not glossed) comes from a scene where a man–who is visible only from the back–holds up the necklace. This necklace involves a cord that has two beads on each side of the loop, somewhat spread apart. A group of smaller beads appears toward the top, to the left of where one might expect a tie. At the lower end of the necklace is possibly a human head or perhaps a sculpted face in a frontal view. This necklace has been left unpainted. The man holding the necklace wears a loincloth (probably a maxtlatl), sandals (probably cactli), and a tie in his hair (perhaps forming a tzontli). He sits on a stool that looks something like a modern toilet.