xochitl (TK220v)
This painted example of iconography features a gold jewel with a flower in the center and seven (perhaps coyolli) bells hanging from the bottom. The flower has layers of petals, five on top and six underneath. The petals have interior points that narrow as they go toward their tips. The flower also has a round center. This jewel has a red, perhaps leather, looping tie knotted at the top, apparently with the intention of being able to hang the jewel probably from clothing. If this were worn during dancing, the bells would jingle.
Stephanie Wood
The jewelry from Tepetlaoztoc tends to have many little bells, and much of it can be tied onto a person. Enhancing dancing may be a significant objective of this jewelry.
Stephanie Wood
c. 1556
Jeff Haskett-Wood
joya, joyas, metales, oro, flores, cascabel, cascabeles, sonido, piel, color rojo, baile, bailes, danza, danzas
xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
la flor
Stephanie Wood
The Codex Kingsborough, also known as the Códice de Tepetlaoztoc, and the Memorial de los indios de Tepetlaoztoc, is not on display. It was transferred from the British Library and is now held by the British Museum. It is shared on line at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am2006-Drg-13964
©The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Please also cite the <em>Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphsem>, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities Projects, 2020-present) and this URL.
