chichi (MH522v)

chichi (MH522v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element chichi (a dog) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph, Chichicuepon (see below). Only the dog's head appears. It is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

dogs, perros

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

chichi, a dog, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chichi

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 522v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=184&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).

See Also: 

Chichicuepon (MH522V)

chichi (Mdz32r)

Chichipe (MH732r)