. Bulletin. Ethnology. seler] ANCIENT MEXICAN FEATHER ORNAMENTS fi3 tions of this deity hitherto known. The god usuiilly on his head the yopitzoMtli, a pointed crown made of the rose-colored feathers of the spoonbill, with fluttering- ribbons, forked like a swallow's tail. Axajacatl, however, is usually represented in the Cozcatzin codex with the xiuhuitzontli, the turquoise mosaic headl)and of Mexican kings, and the Bilimec warrior wears the quetzallalpiloni, the fillet with quet- zal-feather tassels. The plume which in both figur(\s of Axayacatl (flgure 6) rises behind the shield is l
. Bulletin. Ethnology. seler] ANCIENT MEXICAN FEATHER ORNAMENTS fi3 tions of this deity hitherto known. The god usuiilly on his head the yopitzoMtli, a pointed crown made of the rose-colored feathers of the spoonbill, with fluttering- ribbons, forked like a swallow's tail. Axajacatl, however, is usually represented in the Cozcatzin codex with the xiuhuitzontli, the turquoise mosaic headl)and of Mexican kings, and the Bilimec warrior wears the quetzallalpiloni, the fillet with quet- zal-feather tassels. The plume which in both figur(\s of Axayacatl (flgure 6) rises behind the shield is likewise nothing else than an essen- tial part of the royal Mexican dress. It l)elongs, as a tuft, to the machoncotl, the shell bracelet which the king wore on his upper arm (compare the picture in the atlas of Duran).. Ilhuitl, feast. ChalehluitI, emerald. Tezcatl, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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