cozcatl (Mdz64r)

cozcatl (Mdz64r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic example is a closeup of a necklace (cozcatl) made of snail shells (chipolli). It is a red band (probably a leather thong) strung with white shells. As shown in the contextualization image, a male warrior is wearing it.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This iconographic detail is included here as an aid to deciphering glyphs, such as shells and necklaces.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Leather, hides
Shells
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Keywords: 

chipulcozcatl, chipolcozcatl, collares, necklaces, pieles, cueros, tangas, caracolillos, conchas

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

Photograph by Stephanie Wood, Museo del Templo Mayor, 15 February 2023.

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

chipolcozca(tl), a snail shell necklace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chipolcozcatl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 64 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 138 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cozcatl (Mdz55r)

cozcatl (MH484r)

cozcatl (TR43r)

Cozcacuauh (MH630r)