ecacehuaztli (FCbk8f41r)

This iconographic example, featuring a dance fan (ecacehuaztli, or ehcacehuaztli), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making potential comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the keywords chosen by the team behind the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss. This example shows one of five men who are making music and dancing. This one holds up what seems to be a feather fan (ecacehuaztli) in his right hand. The handle of the fan is brown, so probably wooden. At the top of the handle is a half-circle (of feathers?) painted turquoise blue with red dots. The remainder of the fan is an inverted heart shape made up presumably of feathers that are white at the base but then mostly red. In the man’s left hand may be a rattle (ayacachtli). It has a yellow handle (perhaps made of reed), and a yellow and red ornament at the top. The bulk of this rattle is ball-shaped, perhaps a gourd, predominantly white with red stripes.