tlamacazqui (Azca12)

This black-line drawing of the iconography for tlamacazqui (a type of priest) shows a seated man in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. We know from the gloss that this man is a Mexica (i.e., affiliated with the city of Mexico). He has his knees up under his chin, and his hairstyle is somewhat different from the average male, in that the top part is combed forward and there is a curl at the front. On his back he carries a bird facing upward, held in a cloth bundle tied at the man's throat. The bird is large, emerging with its beak reaching up just above the man's head. The tail of the bird protrudes from below the cloth that holds him, reaching down and away from the man's rear end.