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ID: 300445419
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300445419

 

Record Type: concept
cuaxolotl (Xolotl-head insignia) (tlahuiztli, insignias (devices), ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Nahua tlahuiztli (insignia) in the form of large umbrella-shaped feathered structures worn on a back-frame. These were prestigious gifts presented to nobles made in a variety of colors, and was frequently topped with an effigy head of the deity Xolotl; hence its name, "Xolotl-head." This insignia also represents the altepetl of Tepeticpac, Tlaxcala.
 
Terms:
cuaxolotl (Xolotl-head insignia) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,B)
cuaxolotl (Xolotl-head insignia) (Classical Nahuatl-P,D,U,B)
cuaxolotl (Spanish,UF,L,U)
cuaxolotl (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,UF,U)
cuaxolomeh (C,U,Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,UF,U)

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Information Forms (hierarchy name)
........ Information Forms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of information forms (objects)
............ information forms (objects) (G)
Hierarchy of document genres
................ document genres (G)
Hierarchy of <documents by function>
.................... <documents by function> (G)
Hierarchy of <identifying markings and symbols>
........................ <identifying markings and symbols> (G)
Hierarchy of devices (symbols)
............................ devices (symbols) (G)
Hierarchy of insignias (devices)
................................ insignias (devices) (G)
Hierarchy of tlahuiztli
.................................... tlahuiztli (G)
Hierarchy of cuaxolotl (Xolotl-head insignia)
........................................ cuaxolotl (Xolotl-head insignia) (G)

Additional Notes:
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Tlanexcayotilli nahuatl quence huei tlamantli tlachihualli ica ihhuitl quence tzonecahuilli tlen quipiya ce tlamantli ica iican. Ipan Mexco central posclasico eliyaya tlahuel ipatiuh quence tlatemactilli para nobles, tlachihualli ica miac tlamantli ixnezcayotl huan nochipa mocualtlahuiliyaya quence coronah ica ce ixcopincayotl tlen Xolotl, nopayoh huallauh itocah "Tzontecomitl tlen xolotl". Ni nexcayotilli nouhquiya quimanextiyaya altepetl tlen Tepeticpac, Tlaxcala. 
Spanish ..... Nahua tlahuiztli (insignia) en forma de una gran estructura de plumas con un aspecto de sombrilla que se llevaba en un marco trasero. En el México central posclásico, era un prestigioso regalo presentado a los nobles, hecho en una variedad de colores y era frecuentemente coronado con una cabeza efigie de la deidad Xolotl; de ahí su nombre, "Cabeza de Xolotl". Esta insignia también representa al altepetl del Tepeticpac, Tlaxcala. 

Sources and Contributors:
cuaxolomeh............  [GRI-FloCo]
.......................  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
cuaxolotl (Xolotl-head insignia)............  [GRI-FloCo Preferred, VP Preferred]
.....................................................  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
.....................................................  Sahagún 1997 112
.....................................................  Wimmer 2020
 
Subject: .....  [GRI-FloCo, VP]
............  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
 
Note:
English .......... [GRI-FloCo, VP]
.......... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl .......... [GRI-FloCo]
.......... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Spanish .......... [GRI-FloCo]
.......... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)

 

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