tzahualcaxitl (Mdz58r)

This iconographic example is included here as a visual representation of the small bowl that was used for seating a spindle while spinning. We are trusting that this is a tzahualcaxitl, although we do not have a Nahuatl-language gloss identifying it. The bowl is painted a light terracotta color, which could mean it is either wood, ceramic, or a gourd. The spindle (known as a malacatl) if full of white thread, and a girls hands are guiding the fluff toward the spindle. The weighted base is red. Below the bowl is a yellow, lidded, woven basket (perhaps a chiquihuitl, but called a cestilla in Spanish on 57 recto).