totolin (MH525r)

totolin (MH525r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element totolin (turkey hen) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph, Tlahuiztotol (see below). It shows the hen's head in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The bird's eye is open, and its beak is closed. Above its beak is a small, striped snood that curves upward. At its neck there is some definition of feathers.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Misc.
Feathers
Food, Eating, Cooking
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

guajolotes, pavos

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

totol(in), domestic Wild Turkey, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/totolin

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 525r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=129&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: 

Tlahuiztotol (MH525r)