chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH843r)

chiquiuhchiuhqui (MH843r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation chiquiuhchiuhqui ("basket maker") shows an upright basket (chiquihuitl) in a frontal view. It may have a lid at the top (which some others have). This lid is white. The sides of the basket have a black mesh pattern. Unlike some of the other baskets in this collection, this one does not have the petate weave.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

chiq~uh
chiuhq~

Gloss Normalization:

chiquiuhchiuhqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

striped

woven

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

Keywords:

oficios, occupations, baskets, canastas, canastos, cestas, cestos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chiquiuhchiuhqui, basket maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquiuhchiuhqui
chiquihui(tl), basket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiquihuitl
chihua, to make or to do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chihua-0
-qui, one who, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Que Hace Cestos

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 843r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=760&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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