huaquixochitl (MH487v)
This simplex glyph for dry or withered (huaqui) flowers (xochitl) shows one four-petaled flower standing upright in a vase. The flower has a small point between each petal and a round circle at the center, resulting in a quincunx shape. It does not appear withered, so perhaps it is dried. The vase has a flared top and bottom, and a bulbous center. At the widest point of the founded center of the vase are two horizontal lines; similar lines also appear where the rounded portion meets the upper and lower flares. Additionally, well-spaced vertical lines run from the top to the bottom of the vase.
Stephanie Wood
Flowers with a similar shape to this one appear below. Even one of the examples of Tonal echoes this shape. But, an Advanced Search featuring the Cultural Content choice "Flowers" will bring up a large variety of flower shapes. A similar vase to the one in this glyph above can be found in the compound for Xochipoloa (below).
Stephanie Wood
1560
Xitlali Torres
flowers, flores, vases, envases, dried, secas
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huaqui, dry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huaqui.
xochitl, flowers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl.
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&st=image.
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