teponazo (FCbk4f19v)
This example of iconography is included here for the purpose of making comparisons with glyphs of the huehuetl and teponaztli drums. It shows how both were played by men standing. The huehuetl player (huehuetzotzonqui) uses his hands. The teponaztli player (teponazo or teponazoani) uses two drumsticks. The horizontal teponaztli here rests on a wooden structure. The huehuetl is quite tall, chest height. Another man (with a rattle?) stands nearby. All where white loincloths and white capes tied at the shoulder. The capes have a red trim.
Stephanie Wood
ni: auh in tlatzotzonqui, in veve
tzonqui, teponaço, teponaçoani
ni: auh in tlatzotzonqui, in huehuetzonqui, teponatzo, teponatzoani
Stephanie Wood
1577
Jeff Haskett-Wood
música, tambores, atabales, atabal, música, músicos, canciones, oficios, teponaztli, huehuetl, Códice Florentino
huehuetzotzonqui, one who plays the standing drum with the skin on top, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huehuetzotzonqui
teponazo, a teponaztli drum player, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teponazo
teponazoani, a teponaztli drum player, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teponazoani
tepoazoa, to play the teponaztli drum, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teponazoa
él que toca el tambor, un músico
Stephanie Wood
Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_10615?/sp=40&st=image
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