cozcatl (Mdz64r)
This iconographic example is a closeup of a necklace (cozcatl) made of snail shells (chipolli). It is a red band (probably a leather thong) strung with white shells. As shown in the contextualization image, a male warrior is wearing it.
Stephanie Wood
This iconographic detail is included here as an aid to deciphering glyphs, such as shells and necklaces.
Stephanie Wood
c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest
Xitlali Torres
chipulcozcatl, chipolcozcatl, collares, necklaces, pieles, cueros, tangas, caracolillos, conchas
Photograph by Stephanie Wood, Museo del Templo Mayor, 15 February 2023.
chipolcozca(tl), a snail shell necklace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chipolcozcatl
Codex Mendoza, folio 64 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 138 of 188.
Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)