otoncihuatl (FCbk10f129v)

This iconographic example, featuring an Otomí woman (Otoncihuatl), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the text on the page before the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se. But this culture group prefers the name Hñähñú in the modern day. This example shows a kneeling woman weaving on a backstrap loom. She is facing left. Her loom is tied to a wooden post. She is dressed in cotton clothing, including a huipilli that does not appear to be different from that worn by Nahua women. These garments are shaded, creating a three-dimensionality that represents an artistic style learned from Europeans. A skirt (cueitl, in Nahuatl) appears near the loom, and may represent what is being woven.