iquiti (Osu38v)

iquiti (Osu38v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painted example of Nahua iconography shows a man working an imported European loom. We have chosen the verb iquiti (to weave cloth) from the nearby text to represent this scene. The Nahua man doing the weaving is wearing a belted tunic, another European import. Below him, we can just see another man working with a large spinning wheel, which took the place of drop spindles.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

While women were the traditional Mesoamerican weavers, the Europeans encouraged men to get involved using the new technology of the floor looms that the colonizers introduced. See some examples of cloth below, but note that these cloths (ayatl) may well have been made by women on backstrap looms. The cloth made on large floor looms was probably destined for Spanish (colonial or imperial) consumption.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

iquiti.

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

iquiti

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Labor Issues
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
brown
gray
tan
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Keywords: 

tejer, hilar, algodón, hombre, hombres, tecnología, textiles, trabajo

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

iquiti, to weave cloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iquiti

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

tejer tela

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Orthography: 
intrusive period
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ayatl (MH618v)

ayatl (FCbk10f53r)

ayatl (MH530v)