Cuauhquen (MH648r)
This painting of the compound glyph for the personal name Cuauhquen ("Eagle Ritual Bib") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph consists of a garment that some call a big (quemitl). This one has eagle (cuauhtli) feathers on it. The feathers are primarily black, but the shaft or calamus is white. The tops of the feathers are also white.
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This is a piece of regalia to wear during certain religious activities. Typically, the quemitl is tied around the back of the neck and hangs on the person's chest. Some examples show these ties. A couple of examples of the visual -nen- syllable appear to have feathers along the bottom of the sculptural image of a divine force or deity. See below.
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diego quauhque
Diego Cuauhquen
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1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
prendas rituales, plumas, textiles, águilas, nombres de hombres
cuauh(tli), eagle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtli
quem(itl), ritual bib, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl
Prenda Ritual de Plumas de Águila
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 648r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=378&st=image
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