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ID: 300445554
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Record Type: concept
tenixyoh ("eye border" design) (repeated motif, <visual and representational concepts>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A postclassic Nahua garment design, literally of "eyes on the edge." It was composed with white circles on a black background in a band at the hem. As a prestigious design added to capes, it was typically worn by tlahtohqueh (rulers) and pipiltin (high ranking noble men), and occasionally appeared on women's colthing. The design may also be correlated with the deity Tezcatlipoca.
 
Terms:
tenixyoh ("eye border" design) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,SN)
tenixyoh ("eye border" design) (Classical Nahuatl-P,D,U,SN)
tenixyoh (Spanish,UF,L,U)
tenixyoh (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,UF,U)
tenixio (C,U,Classical Nahuatl,UF,N)  ............ variant orthography
tenixyo (C,U,Classical Nahuatl,UF,A)  ............ variant orthography
tenjxio (C,U,Classical Nahuatl,UF,N)  ............ variant orthography

Hierarchical Position:

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Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
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........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
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............ artistic concepts (G)
Hierarchy of formal concepts (artistic concept)
................ formal concepts (artistic concept) (G)
Hierarchy of <visual and representational concepts>
.................... <visual and representational concepts> (G)
Hierarchy of repeated motif
........................ repeated motif (G)
Hierarchy of tenixyoh (
............................ tenixyoh ("eye border" design) (G)

Additional Notes:
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Yoyomitl tlanextilli nahua huan tlatequihuilli pan posclásico. Eliyaya tlachihualli zan yahyahualtic chipahuac huan ica iihtico yayahuic pitzactzin huan tlacuelpacholli. Quinextia ce yehyectzin tlanextilli tlen eltoc pan yoyomitl tlen mantah, tlahuel motequihuiyaya ica tlanahuatianih huan tlapalehuianih (hombres nobles de alto rango), quemmantzin neciyaya pan cihuameh ininyoyon. Ni tlanextilli mouhquiya hueli monehpanoz ica totiotizin Tezcatlipoca. 
Spanish ..... Diseño de prenda nahua usado en el posclásico, literalmente de "ojos en el borde". Era compuesto por círculos blancos sobre fondo negro en una banda del dobladillo. Como un prestigioso diseño añadido a las mantas, era típicamente usado por los tlahtohqueh (gobernantes) y los pipiltin (hombres nobles de alto rango), y aparecía ocasionalmente en la ropa de las mujeres. El diseño también puede estar relacionado con la deidad Tezcatlipoca. 

Related concepts:
related to ....  geometric motifs
..................  (motifs, design elements (attributes), Design Elements (hierarchy name)) [300009764]

Sources and Contributors:
tenixio............  [GRI-FloCo]
.................  Sahagún 2012 (X) 64
.................  Simeon 1992 479
tenixyo............  [GRI-FloCo]
.................  Olko 2014 85
tenixyoh ("eye border" design)............  [GRI-FloCo Preferred]
.....................................................  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
.....................................................  Wimmer 2020
tenjxio............  [GRI-FloCo]
.................  Sahagún 2012 (VIII) 23
 
Subject: .....  [GRI-FloCo, VP]
............  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
 
Note:
English .......... [GRI-FloCo]
.......... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl .......... [GRI-FloCo]
.......... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Spanish .......... [GRI-FloCo]
.......... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)

 

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