octli (Mdz71r)

This example of iconography that has been glossed "vino"' (Spanish for wine) is here to support interpretations of glyphs for octli (pulque, an alcoholic beverage). Here, the pulque bubbles up above the rim of the terracotta-colored bowl (probably made of clay). Froth was an important part of the beverage, much like the case of chocolate beverages. A sign on the side of the bowl is another clue that this is pulque. Some say it is a nose ornament (nariguera in Spanish, yacametztli in Nahuatl).