cuauhtetepoyo (Mdz65r)

This iconographic element is included here for possible utility in identifying glyph elements. It is a design from a shield held by a warrior who has captured another man by his hair. The design is a large yellow claw with four ties going up the leg (in turquoise, red, green and yellow). A black and white feather and a black and green feather appear above the bows. The shield itself is half red and half white, with the design overlapping both. The shield is round with a red band around the perimeter. Feathers that are primarily red but also white, and with a blue horizontal band toward the bottom, hang down from the shield. The warrior who holds the shield along with a macuahuitl (macana in Spanish). The warrior also has an elaborate feathered device on a structure behind his back. His hair is long and bound into a ponytail. There is red paint where his ear would be. The captive (glossed cautivo) wears a white shirt, a loincloth, no shoes, and carries a simple yellow shield with a red band around the perimeter. This person might be an Otomí, given the type of lip ornamentation. Another more carefully executed painting of the eagle claw motif is found, for example on folio 20 verso.