otomitl (MH553r)

otomitl (MH553r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph otomitl (an Otomí person) doubles as the glyph for the personal name glyph Cuaoton (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In this digital collection, face paint or tattooing has ethnic associations, involving Chichimecs, the Otomí, the Tlaxcalteca, and those who were “different” (e.g. the Tlamaca). Divine forces, such as Ecatl (or Ehecatl) and Xolotl, also have some face paint or tattoos.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Face Paint or Tattoos
Hair (human or animal)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Otomí
Keywords: 

otomies, otomites, otomíes, ethnicities, etnicidades

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

Otomi(tl), a culture group, ethnicity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/otomitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 533r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=185&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).

See Also: 

Otonmani (MH560r)

Cuaoton (MH553r)

Otomitl (Mdz3v)

otomitl (Mdz64r)

Tetzauh (MH795r)