huictli (MH642v)

huictli (MH642v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for the agricultural tool called a (huictli) has been carved from the compound glyph for the occupation of ihuiamanteca (feather-working artisan). It is a vertical wooden tool used in agriculture, the most common type of work for Nahuas in this period. In the original compound, this tool has a semantic and phonetic role for the word for work (tequitl), which contributes to the sense that the feathered device next to it (see the contextualizing image) was a type of work, but also the “tec” in ihuiamanteca could come from tequitl.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
pointed (see also spiky)
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

herramientas agrícolas, coas, agricultura

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

huic(tli), agricultural tool, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huictli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

coa, trabajo, agricultura, herramientas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 642v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=367&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ihuiamanteca (MH642v)

Nentequitl (MH634r)

huictli (Mdz64r)

huictli (MH497v)

huictli (Verg10v)

huictli (MH563r)