temillotl (FCbk8f28r)

This iconographic example, featuring the warrior hairstyle (temillotl) as worn by a group of musicians is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making potential comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the keywords chosen by the team behind the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss. The contextualizing image shows that a group of six musicians all have this hairstyle. The detail of one man’s head (in profile, facing right) shows how the hair is tied–with a yellow and red band–so that it stands up on the top of the head. The man also has a headdress with red, orange, white and blue accents and possibly feathers, all tied on with a yellow headband. He wears a ritual bib that is white with a red open mesh pattern. In his right hand, he holds what may be a rattle (perhaps an ayacachtli) in the shape of a nopalli flower and fruit (nochtli) that is red with purple petals. In his left hand, he holds a large green leaf and other parts of a plant. The man’s mouth is open, suggesting that he is singing, given the musical context that includes two drums, a teponaztli and a huehuetl.