tlaxinqui (MH834r)
This is a black, white, and red drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation tlaxinqui ("carpenter"). The glyph is a tool that carpenters would use to cut or shave something (incorporating the verb xima). It is like a hatchet, where the triangular blade is tied onto a curving (probably wooden) handle. The red color of the blade may indicate that it is made of copper. The hatchet is facing toward the viewer's right. A cord provides some support for the curvature of the handle near the blade.
Stephanie Wood
tlaxiq~
tlaxinqui
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
cortar, carpintero, axes, hachas, tools, herramientas, cobre, oficios, occupations
tlaxinqui, carpenter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaxinqui
xima, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xima
El Carpintero
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 834r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=742&st=image
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