tepoztli (Mdz41r)

tepoztli (Mdz41r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for tepoztli (metal, and by extension, ax or hatchet) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tepoztlan (which had an added tepetl, hill, as a locative). The ax here faces to the viewer's right. It has a bent wooden handle and a metal blade, probably copper, attached by what seems to be a white leather strap. The handle and blade are both terracotta-colored. The blade edge is curved.

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Leather, hides
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Colors: 
orange/terracotta
white/neutral
Keywords: 

hatchets, axes, metals, copper, wood, hachas, metales, cobre

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

tepoz(tli), ax, hatchet, metal or something made of metal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 41 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 92 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

See Also: 

Tepoztlan (Mdz41r)

tepoztli (Mdz8r)

tepoztli (Mdz24v)

xima (Mdz5v)

xima (Mdz10v)

xima (Mdz70r)

tepoztli (CST2)

tepoztli (CST16)

tepoztli (CST28)