Totonaque (FCbk10f134r)

This iconographic example, featuring a woman and a man of the Totonaca ethnic group (here called Totonaque), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the text on the folio prior (133r) to the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se. This example shows a couple standing and facing each other. They have very colorful clothing. The woman wears a quechquemitl blouse (short with a point in the middle at the bottom), a necklace, a bracelet, and a horizontally-striped skirt (cueitl). The man wears a knotted cape with the same stripes as the woman’s skirt (also horizontal). He also has a pierced nose with an ornament that is difficult to make out. On his head is a headdress with two green feathers (probably quetzalli). Nearly hiding in his hair appears to be a diadem, but perhaps that was a mistake that was painted over.