Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . BULL. 28 where we find, in the year 9 Calli or A. D. 1501, King Mote-cuhzoma the 3^ounger represented in the complete dress of Xipeas victor over Tohica {a, figure 7). This Xipe dress is expressly men-tioned in a passage of the Cronica Mexicana by Tezozomoc as thedress formerly worn by King Axayacatl. I copy the passage in full,because it is of interest in relation to our picture. It refers to anenterprise against Uexotzinco, lying on the other side of the mountainsand hostile to the Mexican confederation, in the reign
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . BULL. 28 where we find, in the year 9 Calli or A. D. 1501, King Mote-cuhzoma the 3^ounger represented in the complete dress of Xipeas victor over Tohica {a, figure 7). This Xipe dress is expressly men-tioned in a passage of the Cronica Mexicana by Tezozomoc as thedress formerly worn by King Axayacatl. I copy the passage in full,because it is of interest in relation to our picture. It refers to anenterprise against Uexotzinco, lying on the other side of the mountainsand hostile to the Mexican confederation, in the reign of Motecuh-zoma the younger. Tlacauepan, the younger brother of the king,comes to Motecuhzoma and says: Lord, I believe that my eyes to-day behold you for the last time, for I am minded to put myself at thehead of the troops and make my way through or die in the this the king replies: If such be thy will, then take this armor,which once belonged to King Axayacatl, the golden device teocuitla-tontec with the tlauhquechol bird upon it and the broad wooden sword. a bFig. 7. The god Xipes dress and shield. with broad obsidian blades (Pues que asi lo quereis, tomad estas armasque fueron del rey Axayacatl, una divisa de oro llamado teocuitla ton-tec con una ave en cima de el tlauhquechol y un espadarte ancho maaccuahuitl de ancha navaja fuerte). ^ Now it is indeed this Xipe armor in which we see King Axayacatlrepresented here in the cut from the Cozcatzin codex, as well as in theBilimec picture. This is most plainly apparent in the human skin,the hands of which hang down over the kings wrists, the feet forminga sort of cuff over the ankles. So also the wholly un-Mexican featherskirt, almost like a theatric costume, which surrounds the hips of theBilimec warrior, the tzapocueitl, is a part of the Xipe dress. This Xipepetticoat is made of feathers, running into points and overlapping eachother like tiles. Likewise the tiger-skin scabbard with which the obsi-dian sword is pro
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