tochmotla (TR26r) (eg2)

This example of iconography from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis shows a man hunting rabbits with a bow and arrow. The rabbit, teeth protruding, is running away. The arrow looks more like the tlaxichtli than the tlacochtli or the mitl (see below for comparisons). The man is standing in semi-profile, facing toward the viewer's left. He has long hair, wears an animal hide (with texturing) tied over his right shoulder, and he is barefooted. On his back is a bundle with a bird's head peeking out. Footprints at the man's feet are part of a road between Tzompanco and Coacalco, adding a semantic value. We are giving this activity the name tochmotla, which is a word from Alonso de Molina's Vocabulario that means "to hunt rabbits."