Zacatilma (MH498r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Zacatilma (here, attested as a man’s name) shows a square cloth, pulled taut at the corners, and therefore having some three-dimensionality. The start to the name, Zaca-, suggests that this fabric is made from straw or woven grasses (zacatl). The -tilma part of the name suggests it may have been worn as a cape or cloak (tilmatli).
Stephanie Wood
The tilma was a garment worn by men. It was an attire often reserved for the elite of society. This one, being made of zacate, which was rough, might have been more accessible to humbler men.The tilma was a garment worn by men. It was an attire often reserved for the elite of society. This one, being made of zacate, which was rough, might have been more accessible to humbler men. Manuel Orozco y Berra noted that these capes were worn by rural people who wanted to protect themselves from the rain. Other names for these capes were zacaquequemitl and pachón, the latter being Spanish for fuzzy. [See: Historia antigua y de la conquista de México: 1.pte (1880, 488).]
Stephanie Wood
pedro
çacatilma
Pedro Zacatilma
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
zaca(tl), weeds, grasses, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl
tilma(tli), a cloak-cloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tilmatli
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 498r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=75&st=image
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