cihuatl (T1735:2:108)

cihuatl (T1735:2:108)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography shows a woman's head. Her skin is gray and her hair is black. Her hair comes up in two points above her forehead, a typical hairstyle (the neaxtlahualli). Her head is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1735, exp. 2, f. 109
Date of Manuscript: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1735, exp. 2, fol. 108

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Coyoacan

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (female)
Hair (human or animal)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black
black & white drawing (no color)
gray
Keywords: 

mujeres, el género, mujer, cabello

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cihua(tl), woman, wife, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuatl
neaxtlahual(li), a particular hairstyle for women, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/neaxtlahualli
aixtlahua, to create a certain hairstyle for women, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aixtlahua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la mujer

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1735, exp. 2, fol. 108

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.