xilotl (Verg7r)
This black-line drawing of the element of a xilotl, a tender ear of corn, comes from the compound personal name Cuauhxilotl. The maize cob has some of its kernels exposed, with two husks wrapping the rest. A beautiful tassel of corn silk curves off to the right.
Stephanie Wood
The warrior's hairstyle (see below), with the curving tzontli going off the top of the head, is somewhat reminiscent of the way corn silk bends over from the top of a cob of corn.
Stephanie Wood
1539
Jeff Haskett-Wood
maize, maíz
This carved stone altar for receiving offerings has sixteen ears of corn around the outside. They are not labeled with their Nahuatl name (perhaps xilotl) but they are exceptionally well carved. National Museum of Anthropology. Photo by Stephanie Wood, 14 February 2023.
xilo(tl), small, tender ear of green maize, before it solidifies, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xilotl
la mazorca tierna, el jilote, el elote
Codex Vergara, folio 7r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f21.item
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