ome tlapixque (T1871:1)
ome tlapixque (T1871:1)
This example of iconography for "two guardians" comes from a document about tributes derived from land. The people in charge of extracting the tributes from the parcels are these two guardians (tlapixque), a man (on the left) and a woman (on the right). Their clothing and hairstyles provide gender markers. The man has a long cape (tilmatli) that hangs to just above his knees. His hair is long and hangs down his back. The woman wears a huipilli and a striped skirt. Her hair comes to two points above her forehead. The arms are not visible on either the man or the woman. He is more in profile. Her head is in profile, but her body faces the viewer, which allows the observation of her clothing. Both figures are standing upright.
Stephanie Wood
omen tlapixque
ome tlapoxque
Stephanie Wood
1558
Stephanie Wood
men, women, tributes, tributos, hombres, mujeres
ome, two, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ome
tlapixqui, guardian, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapixqui
cihua(tl), woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
oquich(tli), man, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oquichtli
dos guardianes
Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.
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