tlalpilolli (FCbk8f56v)

This iconographic example, featuring a double-tasseled hair binder (tlalpiloni), 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 text near the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. This example shows the multi-colored hair ornamentation that might be given to successful warriors by a ruler. The loop at the top is red. Moving down: turquoise blue balls (perhaps of feathers?), then shorter yellow (perhaps) feathers, and finally, at the bottom, longer green (probably quetzalli) feathers. We know from our Online Nahuatl Dictionary that the tlalpiloni can involve eagle feathers, quetzal feathers, dark yellow parrot feathers, and yellow and black troupial feathers. In one place in the Florentine Codex translators refer to the tlalpiloni as a headband.