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a bracelet with precious stones, perhaps originally for dolls (see Molina); also a person's name
See an image that represents macuextli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
monemacaz macuextli ypatiuh yei pexus auh xelihuiz ce pexus yntech puohqui yn nonanuan = que se venda un sartal de cuentas que vale tres pesos y de ellos se dé un peso a unas indias que he tenido por madres (Xochimilco, Tlaxcala, 1569)
Aun yn macuex teuhctli 1 Calli i[n] itonall za no cepa oncan yn ya omoteuhctlallia yn zoquiyapan = Y el teuhctli Macuextzin, que tenía por su tonal 1 calli, allí tambien en Zoquiyapan se estableció como teuhctli (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)