tequihua (FCbk10f14v)

This iconographic example, featuring a warrior (tequihua, or tequihuah, with the glottal stop), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making possible comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the text near the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se This example shows a ¾ view of a warrior who is dressed only in a loincloth (maxtlatl). He is facing the viewer’s right. His pose suggests action and movement, with his legs apart and knees bend. He holds a yellow, perhaps woven, war shield (chimalli) and what looks like a sword, but might intend a macuahuitl (hand-held, obsidian blade-studded club, called a macana in Spanish). In the DFCkeywording, this warrior could also be called a yaoquizqui. The warrior seems to have a lip ornament protruding from his chin (what was called a bezote in Spanish). Finally, his head may be partially shaved, with the rest of his hair standing up something like the cuachichictli warrior hairstyle.