cihuatl (CQ)

This iconographic example of a woman from the Codex Quetzalecatzin is provided here as a comparison for glyphs that contain the sign for woman. In this example, the woman is shown in profile looking to the viewer's right. She kneels, with her legs are tucked up under her. Her arms are hidden underneath her huipilli, which has a red trim around the bottom. Her skirt also has red trim around the bottom, visible just above the one bare foot that sticks out from underneath. This huipilli does not have the rectangle over the chest, just a short V-neck. The woman's black braids are twisted up into two points at the top of her head, in a hairstyle called the neaxtlahualli.