tzontli (Azca8)

tzontli (Azca8)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography from the Codex Azcatitlan shows a male figure in the migration of Aztlan who is wearing a lock of his hair tied with what is probably a red thong. The lock stands straight up at the top of his head. The tie here has a prominent bow.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See other examples of the tzontli below, which support our choice of the term tzontli for this example of iconography.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Azcatitlan, Codex (Azca)
Date of Manuscript: 

post-1550, but content about the migration from Aztlan to about 1527

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

perhaps Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Feathers
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Leather, hides
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
red
tan
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

cabello, pelo, peinado, guerreros, shamanes, hairdo, locks, ponytails

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

tzon(tli), hair, warrior hairstyle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli

Image Source: 

The Codex Azcatitlan is also known as the Histoire mexicaine, [Manuscrit] Mexicain 59–64. It is housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and hosted on line by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15280/?sp=8&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.” But please cite Bibliothèque Nationale de France and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tzontli (Mdz48r)

tzontli (TR21r)

Temilo (MH513v)

Tzone (MH628v)