a net, or a hand sling (see Karttunen)
See hieroglyphs of the matlatl net in the Codex Mendoza:
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/matlatl-10v
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/matlatl-10v-0
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/matlatl-59r
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/matlatl-12r
oncan motlatlamalique in mexitin yca yn mitl matlatl = there the Mexica fished with dart and net
matlatl = hand slings (late sixteenth century, Tetzcoco?)