. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. l, the governor of Cuetlaxtlan , etc. So here, too, uaxtepecatl petla-calcatl may mean merely the keeper of the stores, the steward ofthe district of Uaxtepec . 172 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 Between divisions 13 and 14 in our manuscript there is a lesserstream of water, which, as I have said, leads straight across thepage, from the path on the right to the water on the left. Then fol-lows above, in division 14, a head with hair hanging straight down, inthe explanatory note of which some of the letters are
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. l, the governor of Cuetlaxtlan , etc. So here, too, uaxtepecatl petla-calcatl may mean merely the keeper of the stores, the steward ofthe district of Uaxtepec . 172 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 Between divisions 13 and 14 in our manuscript there is a lesserstream of water, which, as I have said, leads straight across thepage, from the path on the right to the water on the left. Then fol-lows above, in division 14, a head with hair hanging straight down, inthe explanatory note of which some of the letters are destroyed andmade unintelligible by a dark stain; but the hieroglyph behind thehead informs us that the note must be read Itzpotoncatzin; that is, He who is stuck over with obsidian knives instead of with hieroglyph shows us a stone knife (iztli, knife , obsidian )with tufts of down sticking to it (potonqui, stuck over with feath-ers). Feathers fastened to the hair and naked skin were part ofthe holiday dress. Young girls adorned themselves for a festival by.
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