petlachiuhqui (MH486v)

petlachiuhqui (MH486v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation, petlachiuhqui (maker of woven mats) is a horizontal rectangle with a criss-crossing pattern of woven reeds. It also has a strip that runs across the top that is not woven. A woven mat is a petlatl and the -chiuqui part means maker of. Only the mat is shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Occupations

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Xitlali Torres and Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

woven

zigzag

Keywords:

mats, petates, oficios, occupations

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

petla(tl), reed mat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlatl
chihua, to make or do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chihua
-qui, one who makes this, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Hacedor de Petates

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 486v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&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).