tlapehualli (MH555r)

tlapehualli (MH555r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element tlapehualli (a trap for hunting animals) has been extracted from the compound personal name Cuauhtlapeuh, which means either a wooden (from cuahuitl) trap or an eagle (from cuauhtli) trap. The trap is rectangular with two extra pieces of what must be wood coming off opposing corners.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If this is not a trap at all, it may be a structure for a canopy. See the Digital Florentine Codex for an example of a thatched canopy (tlapehualli), called a portal there in the Spanish text. If canopy is meant, the the eagle (cuauhtli) and the trap (tlapehua) could be phonetic indicators.

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Hunting and Fishing
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
Keywords: 

trampas, traps, wood, madera

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

tlapehual(li), a trap or pit for catching animals, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapehualli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 555r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=189&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).

See Also: 

Cuauhtlapeuh (MH555r)