Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . erlin, 1888, p. 584. See Diu-an, v. 3, see. 6 ; Sahagun, v. 2, chap. 6. Sahagun, v. 2, chaps. 20 and 35. Sahagun, v. 2, chap. 32.« Sahagun, v. 9, chap. 3 ; v. 2, chap. See Sahagun, v. 9. chap. the hieroglyph of Cuetlaxtlan, The Land of Leather , in the Mendoza codex, v. 8,p. 21 ; V. 51, p. 1. See Sahagun, v. 10, p. 24; v. 8, p. 61 (Bustamante edition), and a comment on thepassage by the editor. 7238—No. 28—05 9 130 BUKEAU OF AMEBIC AN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 progenitrix or Teteo innan, mother of the gods and of t
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . erlin, 1888, p. 584. See Diu-an, v. 3, see. 6 ; Sahagun, v. 2, chap. 6. Sahagun, v. 2, chaps. 20 and 35. Sahagun, v. 2, chap. 32.« Sahagun, v. 9, chap. 3 ; v. 2, chap. See Sahagun, v. 9. chap. the hieroglyph of Cuetlaxtlan, The Land of Leather , in the Mendoza codex, v. 8,p. 21 ; V. 51, p. 1. See Sahagun, v. 10, p. 24; v. 8, p. 61 (Bustamante edition), and a comment on thepassage by the editor. 7238—No. 28—05 9 130 BUKEAU OF AMEBIC AN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 progenitrix or Teteo innan, mother of the gods and of theeleventh (according to the usual reckoning) of the eighteen annualfestivals of the Mexicans, Ochpaniztli, the broom feast or house-cleaning festival celebrated in honor of this goddess. For thebroom, which symbolizes one of the first domestic, that is, feminine,occupations, was a special symbol of this goddess, who was thereforealso the goddess of purity, of purification and eradication -of sin.«The teteuitl paper with which the broom is bound together is in our. Fig. 80. Headdresses and from Mexican codices. picture b painted with figures which again denote an attribute ofthe same goddess. The Mexicans in their paintings represented theraw, unspun cotton by acute-angled figures or groups of parallel lineson a white ground. Cotton, as a material for womans w^ork, was forthat reason one of the chief attributes of the above-mentioned headband (see a, figure ?)0) called i-ichcaxochiuh, herheadbandof cotton , was made of that material.^ A strip of unspun cottonhung from her ear peg and loose cotton was bound to the end of thespindle which she wore between the hair and the headband (c and d,figure 30). « Seler, Das Tonalamatl der Aubinschen Sammlung, volume cited, p. 651. * Veroffentlichungen aus dem Koniglichen Museum fiir Vollterltunde, v. 1, p. 148. SELER] MEXICAN PICTURE WRITINGS FRAGMENT I 131 In c and r/, figure 30, we also see a paper covered with dra
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