tlahuitolli (Mdz66r)

tlahuitolli (Mdz66r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographical material is meant to support the interpretation of hieroglyphs. It shows a bow being used by a male warrior, how its held, and how the arrow is about to be launched. The bow is painted terracotta or tan, which may suggest it is made of wood. It is an apparently young man holding the bow.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss on the historical contextualizing image says that this young man was a vassal of the cacique, a name taken into Spanish from the Taíno language of the Caribbean that referred to a male indigenous noble or leader. As a vassal, perhaps his job was to hunt and provide the leader with venison and other proteins. His clothing--a white shirt and a loincloth--is indicative of his commoner status.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Colors: 
orange/terracotta
tan
white/neutral
Keywords: 

bows, arcos

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

tlahuitol(li), a bow for shooting arrows, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuitolli
tlaminqui, a person who shoots with a bow and arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaminqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el arco

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 66 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 142 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Historical Contextualizing Image: