petlachiuhqui (MH489r)

petlachiuhqui (MH489r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the occupation of woven-mat maker (petlachiuhqui) shows a black-line drawing of a woven mat in a horitontal, rectangular shape with a herringbone pattern. This mat is a petlatl). The -chiuhqui (maker) part of the occupational name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This occupation is held by a man in this case.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Gender (male)
Occupations
Cultural Content, Credit: 

José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
woven
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

petla(tl), woven mat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlatl
chihua, to make, to do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chihua
-chiuhqui, one who makes the indicated things, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiuhqui
-qui, one who has this occupation, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-1

Karttunen’s Interpretation: 

mats, petates, ocupación, oficios, occupation, occupations

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El que hace petates

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 489r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=57&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

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