Ecailama (MH698r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ecailama (perhaps “Wind Deity-Older Woman”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a figure that is wearing an Ehecatl mask (meant to blow wind around). Ecatl (air, breath) is the usual spelling in this manuscript for the wind deity (Ehecatl). The figure wears two triangular shapes with a mesh pattern on its head. The face shows wrinkles, which suggest ilama (older woman), even though the look of the figure is not necessarily female, as the huipilli (handwoven blouse) and the neaxtlahualli (hairdo with the two points over the forehead) could have indicated, had they been present.