Cuachic (MH679r)

Cuachic (MH679r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuachic (“Warrior with a Crest of Hair”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph incorporates iconography right onto the head of the tribute payer who has this name. He has a ridge of hair standing up on the top of his head, which was a style worn by a warrior who was otherwise shorn (cuachic). If the head plays into the Cua- start to the name, it could be considered a compound glyph. But the head may simply be inherent to the hair style.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The black eye on this man is found on several of the men on this page, which is explained by a note at the top of the page that explains that they are sick–probably from the epidemics that were ravaging the population The hairstyle, something like a mohawk, also appears on a warrior in the Codex Mendoza (folio 64 recto). See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

esquilados, pelo cortado, cabello, nombres de hombres

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

cuachic, the shorn one, the warrior with a crest of hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuachic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Esquilado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 679r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=438&st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Orthography: 
"s" for x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cuachichictli (Mdz64r)